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PLN17-0538 - 1825 Park Street - Applicant: Ganesha LLC. A Planning Board Design Review study session to consider a four-story, 96-room Holiday Inn Express hotel at the southwest corner of Park Street and Clement Avenue. The project is located within the NP-G North Park Street Gateway zoning district. No final action or decision will be taken.
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Linda Barrera, Planner II
BACKGROUND
On October 26, 2017, Ganesha, LLC submitted a Design Review application to the City of Alameda for a four-story, 96-room hotel located at 1825 Park Street (Exhibit 1). The site is zoned NP-G, North Park Street Gateway District with a Multi-family Overlay. The NP-G and Multi-family Overlay district permits hotels by right, subject to Design Review approval as outlined in Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) 30-4.25(e)i.
The property at 1825 Park Street is approximately 31,900 square feet in size and is occupied by a 3,300 square foot building and large parking lot behind the building. Historically, the site was used as an auto dealership. Currently it is occupied by a scooter shop. To the west of the site is a home with a workshop in the rear. It is zoned NP-W North Park Street Workplace district which allows a mix of uses. To the south of the site is a vacant building formerly used as a bar and a used car sales lot, both of which are in the North Park Street Gateway District.
The establishment of the North Park Street Gateway district was the result of an extensive community planning effort to transform the obsolete auto row character of the North Park Street into a pedestrian-oriented commercial mixed use gateway into Alameda. The Park Street Gateway District Strategic Plan and subsequent North Park Street Gateway Zoning District are products of this community planning effort. This project, located at a highly visible intersection along the Park Street gateway, ...
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