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2900 Harbor Bay Parkway - PLN18-0381 - Study Session - Applicant: Harbor Bay Hospitality, LLC. The Planning Board will hold a study session to review and comment on a proposal to construct an approximately 113,000-square-foot five-story hotel and 7,000-square-foot two-story restaurant and cafe located within the Esplanade office park adjacent to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. The site is located within the C-M-PD (Commercial Manufacturing - Planned Development) zoning district
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff requests that the Planning Board hold a study session to review the design for a new five-story hotel and two-story restaurant and cafe located at 2900 Harbor Bay Parkway. The new hotel building will contain approximately 172 rooms, dining room with a lounge, meeting room, swimming pool, and outdoor patio areas. Comments received at the study session will assist the applicant in preparing plans for a future public hearing at which the Planning Board will be able to take final action on the Design Review and Final Development Plan Amendment required for the project. No final action is being requested at this time.
The proposed plans are attached as Exhibit 1.
BACKGROUND
The project is located on the vacant 5.5 acre portion of the Esplanade development site within the Harbor Bay Business Park. The site is approximately 600 feet west of the corner of Harbor Bay Parkway and Bay Edge Road, immediately east of the adjacent to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. The original Development Plan for the Esplanade project was approved in 2008. The first phases of the Esplanade Project include the Stacey & Witbeck and the McGuire and Hester office buildings to the east of the site. A lagoon and residential neighborhood border the site to the north. The property fronts onto Shoreline Park and the San Francisco Bay to the south. The property is zoned Commercial Manufacturing (CM) with a Planned Development (PD) overlay.
On February 25, 2008, the Planning Board ap...
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