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Recommendation to receive the supporting documentation into the record; conclude the hearing; and adopt resolution recertifying the Supplemental Environment Impact Report, deny the appeal of Don May, representing the California Earth Corps, and uphold the Planning Commission decision to approve the Site Plan Review to construct a seven-story, 91,304-square foot hotel located in subarea 5 of the Downtown Shoreline Planned Development District (PD-6) at
285 Bay Street (Case No. 0411-17). (District 2)
DISCUSSION
The Planning Commission approved the Site Plan Review to construct a seven-story, 91,304square foot hotel consisting of 140 rooms, lobby, breakfast area, meeting and conference facilities, exercise room and rooftop swimming pool on October 20,2005. Lodge Works L.P. has proposed the hotel within the project known as The Pike at Rainbow Harbor (See Site PlanAttachment 1). Parking will be provided in the existing multi-level parking structure located west of Cedar Avenue and south of Seaside Way. A valet will be provided on Bay Street to accommodate guests of the hotel. The site is located in subarea 5 of the Downtown Shoreline Planned Development District (PD-6) and has a General Plan Land Use Designation of LUD#7 (Mixed Uses).
The Pike at Rainbow Harbor consists of approximately fifteen (15) buildings totaling roughly 500,000 square feet of entertainment, retail and food service uses located north and south of Shoreline Drive; it is generally bounded by Pine Avenue, Rainbow Harbor, Cedar Avenue and Seaside Way. The originally approved use for the subject property was for the construction of a 70-foot high multi-level large-format cinema (IMAX) theater.
The Pike Project approvals extend back to 1995 when the City Council first approved an amendment to the Local Coastal Program for what was then called the Queensway Bay Project.
During the past ten years, multiple project entitlements and amendments to entitlements have been sought and approved by th...
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