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PLN19-0056 - Design Review - 1527 Park Street - Applicant: Maxwell Beaumont for Theresa Do - Public hearing to consider Design Review to allow the construction of an approximately 738-square-foot one-story restaurant on an approximately 10,207-square-foot property located at 1527 Park Street. The site is within the C-C-T, Community Commercial - Theatre Combining District. The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303 - New construction of small structures
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Henry Dong, Planner III
BACKGROUND
The subject site is approximately 10,207-square-feet in size and located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Park Street and Times Way at 1527 Park Street. The site is within the C-C-T, Community Commercial - Theatre Combining District and designated as Community Commercial by the General Plan. Restaurant uses are allowed by right in the C-C-T District. Surrounding properties include the 76 Gas Station and Gim's restaurant to the north, the Alameda Free Library to the west, Times Way and various commercial retail uses to the south, and Park Street and additional commercial uses to the east.
The property currently contains the existing Vietnam House restaurant, which occupies space in the iconic a-frame building shell of the former Wienerschnitzel restaurant. The site also contains a parking lot with sixteen spaces, an accessory walk-in cooler, and a trash enclosure. Vehicular access to the site is provided by two driveways, one of each located on Park Street and Times way. Permit history indicates the property was used as a parking lot until Wienerschnitzel developed the lot in 1967. The existing covered seating area was approved through Design Review Approval No. PLN14-0742 in 2015.
The applicant is proposing construction of a small, approximately 738-square-foot, one-story restaurant build...
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