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PLN23-0518 - Development Plan Amendment, Use Permit and Design Review -- 2000 Ardent Way - Applicant: Equity Residential. Public Hearing to Consider Amending the Development Plan and Design Review Approvals for Block 9 at Alameda Point Site And Approving a Use Permit to Convert a Portion of the Previously-Approved Retail Space into Work/Live Studios. General Plan: Waterfront Town Center. Zoning: Alameda Point - Town Center. CEQA Determination: On February 4, 2014, the City of Alameda certified the Alameda Point Final EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 201312043) in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Final EIR evaluated the environmental impacts of redevelopment and reuse of the lands at Alameda Point consistent with the Town Center Plan, which included Site A. No further environmental review is required for this approval.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Allen Tai, Planning, Building & Transportation Director
BACKGROUND
Previous Approvals
In June 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the Site A Development Plan for a 68-acre area within Alameda Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance to Alameda Point to the Seaplane Lagoon and the eastern edge of the Naval Air Station Alameda Historic District (Historic District). The Site A Development Plan implements the Community Reuse Plan, General Plan, the Zoning Ordinance, and the requirements of the Master Infrastructure Plan (MIP) and Waterfront Town Center (WTC) Precise Plan.
In 2017, the Planning Board approved a development plan, including design review and land uses for Block 9, now known as the Aero project (permit PLN17-0252). This site includes 200 dwelling units in a series of four-story buildings that wrap a parking garage and central courtyard, and occupies the entire block, with approximately 9,000 square feet of ground floor retail space along the West Atlantic Avenue street frontage. This commercial s...
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