Title
PLN18-0079 - Design Review and Zoning Text Amendment for an Affordable Housing Development at 727 Buena Vista Avenue - Applicant: Housing Authority of the City of Alameda. A request for Design Review approval and Zoning Text Amendment to replace 40 existing affordable housing units with an approximately 104,000-square-foot four-story building containing 78 new affordable housing units. The site is located within the R-3-PD (Garden Residential - Planned Development) and the R-5 (General Residential) zoning districts. The zoning text amendment allows for a better open space plan without reducing the required amount of open space on the site. The proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resource Code 21159.23 exemption for affordable housing, and under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, Infill Development Projects. The proposed zoning text amendment is exempt under Section 15305, Minor Alterations to Land Use Limitations.
Body
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Henry Dong, Planner II
Date: July 9, 2018
Re: PLN18-0079 - Design Review and Zoning Text Amendment for an Affordable Housing Development at 727 Buena Vista Avenue - Applicant: Housing Authority of the City of Alameda. A request for Design Review approval and Zoning Text Amendment to replace 40 existing affordable housing units with an approximately 104,000-square-foot four-story building containing 78 new affordable housing units. The site is located within the R-3-PD (Garden Residential - Planned Development) and the R-5 (General Residential) zoning districts. The zoning text amendment allows for a better open space plan without reducing the required amount of open space on the site. The proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resource Code 21159.23 exemption for affordable housing, and under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, Infill Developmen...
Click here for full text