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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, consider the appeal from Debora Dobias, and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to approve a Site Plan Review for the west phase of the Shoreline Gateway Project, consisting of a 17-story, 224-unit residential tower with 9,182 square feet of retail space and 275 parking spaces, located at 635 East Ocean Boulevard located in PD-30 (Downtown Plan). (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On May 16, 2013, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the Site Plan Review request for the west phase of the Shoreline Gateway Project, consisting of a 17-story, 224-unit residential tower with 9,182 square feet of retail space and 275 parking spaces, located at 635 East Ocean Boulevard (Exhibit A -Plans and Photographs). After considering testimony from the public and applicant, the Planning Commission received the supporting documentation into the record, concluded the hearing, and voted 3-0-1 (Chair Blair recused and Commissioners Fox, Smith and Campbell absent) to approve the Site Plan Review, subject to conditions (Exhibit B - Findings and Conditions of Approval). An appeal to the Planning Commission decision was filed within the appeal period. The reason stated for the appeal is that the project does not provide adequate parking (Exhibit C - Appeal). The project provides code required parking per the Downtown Plan standards. The City does not have the ability to require the developer to provide parking in excess of that required by code.
The subject property is a 0.7-acre site located at the northwest corner of Ocean Boulevard and Lime Avenue and is currently developed with a vacant 33-unit apartment building and surface parking lot. The applicant is requesting approval of a Site Plan Review application for the west phase of the Shoreline Gateway project that consists of a 17-story, 224-unit residential tower with 9,182 square feet of retail space and 275 par...
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