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PLN17-0600 - 1051 Harbor Bay Parkway - Design Review, Planned Development Amendment, and General Plan Amendment - Applicant: Arris Studio Architects for Shriji Hospitality, Inc. The Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider Design Review and Development Plan Amendment to allow a 211-room five-story hotel located at the corner of Harbor Bay Parkway and Ron Cowan Parkway. The proposed project includes a General Plan Text Amendment to clarify the floor area ratio requirements of the Harbor Bay Business Park. The property is located within the C-M-PD, Commercial Manufacturing - Planned Development zoning district.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Henry Dong, Planner II
BACKGROUND
The proposed hotel is located on a vacant 3.72-acre portion of the existing 11-acre Plaza One office development originally approved by Development Plan FDP-82-2. The site is located in Harbor Bay Business Park on the northwest corner of the intersection of Harbor Bay Parkway and Ron Cowan Parkway. The proposed 131,000-square-foot, five story building includes 211 guest rooms, a restaurant and bar, meeting rooms, a pool and gym, outdoor gathering space, and other guest amenities. Surrounding properties include office buildings to the west, a commercial storage facility to the north, the Oakland Airport to the east, and the Oakland Raiders facility to the south. The applicants proposed plans are included as Exhibit 1.
ANALYSIS
Zoning and Hotel Uses: The site is located in the C-M-PD, Commercial Manufacturing, and Planned Development Zoning District. Hotels are a permitted use in this zoning district and have been approved by the City of Alameda at other locations in the Business Park with the C-M-PD Zoning and Business Park General Plan designation. The C-M-PD Zoning for the subject site does not include the special BCDC Settlement Agreement restrictions on hotel use that govern the zoning for the 1.2 acre property at 235...
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