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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, consider the appeals from James Anderson (et al.), Melissa Wyss and Rachel Torres, and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to approve a Local Coastal Development Permit and a Modification to an approved Site Plan Review decision to revise the project from a four-story, 56-unit residential complex with 40 hotel rooms to a four-story, 33-unit residential complex with 72 hotel rooms and associated amenities, located at 2010 East Ocean Boulevard in the Ocean Boulevard Planned Development District (PD-5) Subarea 2. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On May 2, 2013, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the Modification to an approved Site Plan Review decision to revise the entitled project from a four-story, 56-unit residential complex with 40 hotel rooms to a four-story, 33-unit residential project with 72 hotel rooms and related amenities, at 2010 E. 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 6-0 to approve the Modification, subject to conditions (Exhibit B - Findings and Conditions of Approval). Three separate appeals to the Planning Commission decision were filed within the appeal period. The reasons stated for the appeals included traffic, parking, safety and inconsistency with the Coastal Act (Exhibit C - Appeals).
The subject property is located on the south side of Ocean Boulevard at the terminus of Cherry Avenue east of 15th Place and is currently developed with the 40-room Beach Plaza Hotel. The site has a gross area of 45,643 square feet (1.04 acres) that will be reduced to 39,369 square feet (0.91 acres) after beachfront dedication and is zoned Ocean Boulevard Planned Development District (PD-5) Subarea 2.
The original project was approved on September 6,...
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