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PLN18-0533 - Use Permit Call for Review - 2400 Monarch Street (Alameda Point, Bldg 44) - Applicant: Jeffrey Nibler on behalf of Wonky Kitchen, LLC. Public hearing to consider a call for review of the Zoning Administrator's approval of an administrative use permit to allow the operation of food trucks within the parking lot of Building 44 at Alameda Point (2400 Monarch Street), and to allow extended hours of operation for the food trucks before 7:00 AM, starting at 6:00 AM, and after 10:00 PM, staying open until midnight. The applicant proposes having up to three food trucks operating on the site at one time, seven days a week. The property is located within the AP-AR (Alameda Point, Adaptive Reuse) Zoning District. The Alameda Point Final Environmental Impact Report evaluated the environmental impacts of redevelopment and reuse of the lands at Alameda Point, and no further review is required for this project. As a separate and independent basis, this project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities.
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
Planning, Building and Transportation Director
BACKGROUND
On February 4, 2019 the Zoning Administrator conducted a public hearing and approved an administrative use permit (PLN18-0533) to allow food trucks to operate at 2400 Monarch Street (Alameda Point, Building 44), with expanded hours of operation for the food trucks (See Exhibit 1), based on findings and subject to conditions of approval. At the February 11, 2019 Planning Board hearing Boardmember Teague called the approval for review.
DISCUSSION
In 2011, the City Council adopted a Food Truck Ordinance and guidelines for food trucks within the City of Alameda (Exhibit 2). Pursuant to that ordinance, food trucks can operate with the approval of an administrative use permit in areas including employment c...
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