Resolution 14286CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14286
OVERTURNING THE PLANNING BOARD'S DENIAL OF A GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE MU2 MARINER SQUARE SPECIFIC
MIXED USE AREA AND APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, an application was made on March 20, 2008, by Yolande
Jurzykowski, owner of real property located at 2400 Mariner Square Drive for an
amendment to the General Plan to permit office use at the presently closed restaurant
that formerly housed Chevy's in the MU -2 use in the MU -2 Mariner Square Mixed Use
area; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on this application on
August 11, 2008, and continued the item until September 8, 2008 and again until
September 22, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the MU -2 Mariner Square Specific Mixed Use Area limits office uses
east of Mariner Square Drive; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on the merits of the
proposed project on September 22, 2008, examined pertinent maps and documents,
considered the testimony and written comments received; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board by tie vote was unable to approve or deny the
General Plan Amendment, and their lack of a decision is considered a denial; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now makes the following findings relative to the
proposed General Plan Amendment:
1. The building has not been marketable as a restaurant since its closure in
2006.
2. The restaurant equipment was removed by Chevy's upon their departure
and significant investment would be required to return the building to its
former use.
3. There is an office tenant who is willing to lease the facility.
4. There has been an overall decrease in office use in the MU2 area since
the construction of Cardinal Point and the boat storage facility, which
removed all office use west of Mariner Square Drive. There are no office
structures in the MU2 area; all offices that exist are associated with marine
industrial uses.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda
hereby finds that the proposal is Categorically Exempt from State CEQA Guidelines,
pursuant to Section 15305 Minor Alterations to Land Use Limitations. The reuse of the
existing building, which was previously used for restaurant use, for office use would not
result in a significant environmental impact. The proposal does not include any new
construction and the traffic generated by 5,890 square feet of office use would not differ
significantly from the traffic generated by the equivalent amount of restaurant use.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda hereby
overturns the Planning Board's denial of the General Plan Amendment to amend the
policies of the MU2 Mariner Square Specific Mixed Use Area of the General Plan to
permit office use at 2400 Mariner Square Drive as described in Exhibit "A."
1.
EXHIBIT A
Table 2 -1 Assumed Development Increment: Specified Mixed
Use Sites, 1990 -2010, is amended as follows:
MU2 Mariner Square
Residential
Office
Institutional
(assisted living and
related uses)
Maritime Uses
10 Work/Live
105,000 sq. ft. aatof� �:ariner S a
Drivc
100,000 sq. ft. west of Mariner Square
Drive
40,000 sq. ft. boat storage, marina
2. General Plan Guiding Policies: Specified Mixed Use Areas.
Policy 2.6.b is amended to read as follows:
2.6.b: Preserve the existing mix of water - related uses and add on -shore live -
work space. To avoid displacing of water - related uses, office space
additions are limited to 105, 000 square feet, except in the area west of
Mariner Square Drive, where' up to 100,000 square feet of non -water
related uses may be permitted
Policy 2.6.g is amended to read as follows:
2.6g:
uses Up to 100,000 square feet of elder assisted living facilities may be
permitted, provided they are compatible with the marine uses in the
vicinity.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of November, 2008, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 19th day of November, 2008.
Lara Weisiger, Cit [Slerk
City of Alameda