From EPolito at ci.davis.ca.us Mon Jan 10 16:26:45 2005 From: EPolito at ci.davis.ca.us (Esther Polito) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:26:45 -0800 Subject: [OldNorth] 435 G Street public hearing Message-ID: Old North Association members: Those of you who own or rent property within 500 ft. of 435 G Street (former site of the Shell Gas Station, southwest corner of Fifth and G) should have received a public hearing notice for the Jan. 26 Planning Commission meeting. I'm posting a copy of that notice (below) for anyone else in the neighborhood who might be interested. The project is currently being redesigned. I anticipate the final proposal will be less of a light-industrial style and more pf a traditional, albeit contemporary, mixed-use building. If you are interested in the revisions, please contact me anytime after Tuesday, Jan. 18. Current (not revised) project documents are available for review at the city's Economic Development web site: www.cityofdavis.org/ed/ Open the link to "projects" and then go to "The Roe Building, 435 G Street." Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Esther Polito City of Davis Cultural Services Manager 530-757-5610 _______________ Public Hearing Notice The City of Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the project application, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26, 2005, in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. Please contact the Community Development Department for the approximate time this item will be heard. Project Title: 435 G Street In-Fill Development Project Location: 435 G Street (APN 71-215-05) Property Owner/Applicant: Chuck Roe and Mark Rutheiser 133 D Street, Suite F Davis, CA 95616 File Numbers: Planning Application #40-04, General Plan Amendment #03-04, Specific Plan Amendment #04-04, Conditional Use Permit ##7-04, Design Review #18-04, Affordable Housing #02-04, Negative Declaration #07-04 Project Description: The applicant is proposing a mixed-use building at 435 G Street that will house approximately 6,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor and eight two-bedroom townhouse units on the second and third floors. The size of the parcel, which previously held a gas station, is .276 acres (12,029 square feet). The approximate size of the proposed new building is 18,659 square feet. The applicants are proposing eight on-site parking spaces and four off-site to meet the requirement of 12 total spaces for the two-bedroom residential units. On-site parking is not required for ground floor retail in the Core area (Ord. 2148, Res. 04-51). The building is proposed to be three stories with a maximum height of 41'-6". The immediate neighbors to the site are: a two-story office building; taco bell; a gas station; a lumber yard; and a four story mixed-use parking structure housing office, retail, restaurants, and a theater. The applicants have designed a building for this highly visible corner that the applicants believe provides visual interest and will be a gateway element to the Core area. Architecture and design of the site have been influenced by the re-adaptation of light industrial/warehouse buildings for residential use. Proposed building materials are stucco, steel, granite, slate and metal. The project has been evaluated for consistency with the General Plan, the Core Area Specific Plan (CASP), the Central Commercial zoning district and the Davis Downtown and Traditional Residential Neighborhoods Design Guidelines. The CASP land use for this site is currently Service Commercial. The project will require General Plan and Specific Plan amendments to change the land use to Core Retail with Offices. The project complies with the Central Commercial zoning district standards. The project will also require a Conditional Use Permit for the third story, and design review approval. Following the pubic hearing, the Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council on final actions to be taken in regard to the above referenced project. The city requires that the City Council take final action to adopt a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, Conditional Use Permit, Design Review, and a Negative Declaration for the construction of a project that requires a General and Specific Plan Amendments as well as a Conditional Use Permit. Environmental Determination: The city has completed an Initial Study and prepared Mitigated Negative Declaration #07-04 pursuant to section 15070 (b) of the CEQA Guidelines, finding that the project as agreed to by the applicant has been mitigated down to a point where the effects are clearly insignificant and there is no substantial evidence before the agency that the project as revised may have a significant effect. A Notice of Availability has been filed with the Yolo County Clerk. A copy of the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration #07-04 are available for public review at the City of Davis Community Development Department, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis CA 95616. The final action to adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration #07-04 will be considered by City Council following their approval of the proposed project. Availability of Documents: The project application file is available for review at the Community Development Department, located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616, (530) 757-5610. Staff reports are available for the price of copying at Kinko's copies, 313 F Street, Navin's Copy Shop, 231 Third Street, and Postmarks, 417 Mace Boulevard. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date. Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing or send written comments to the Community Development Department no later than the hearing date. Please send all correspondence to the project Planner Esther Polito at the Community Development Department or via e-mail at epolito at cityofdavis.org. The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation. If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Director or City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing. Bill Emlen Community Development Director