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Final architectural elevations, landscape plan, and lighting plan for a five-story hotel with 172 guest rooms, a freestanding restaurant and coffee shop in the Harbor Bay Business Park adjacent to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. 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 III
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On February 4, 2019, the City Council upheld the Planning Board's December 10, 2018 decision to approve the subject hotel and restaurant in the Harbor Bay Business Park next to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. The Planning Board's resolution of approval required that the applicant prepare and submit revised final architectural plans, landscape plans, and lighting plans for final Planning Board approval. Since February, the applicant has been working with staff and the neighbors to revise and improve the plans for final Planning Board review. The revised plans are included as Exhibit 1.
The December 10, 2018 plans are available for comparison purposes on the Major Projects page of the City of Alameda website at: https://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building-and-Transportation/Planning-Division/Major-Planning-Projects.
The draft resolution and conditions of approval are included as Exhibit 2. The draft resolution is designed to supplement previously approved Planning Board Resolution PB-18-23. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board review and approve the revised plans and draft resolution.
BACKGROUND
The proposed hotel and restaurant is located on the vacant 5.5 acre portion of the Esplanade development site within the Harbor Bay Business Park. The site is approximately 400 feet west of the corner of Harbor Bay Parkway and Bay Edge Road and immediately east of the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. The property is zoned Commercial Manufacturing (CM)/Planned Develo...
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