[OldNorth] 435 G Street public hearing

[Esther Polito]

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


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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