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Recommendation to adopt Resolution of Intention to vacate subterranean and aerial portions of The Promenade, Broadway and Alta Way adjacent to 200 East Broadway, and set a date for a public hearing on the vacation for April 4, 2006, at 5:00 P.M. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
Lennar Long Beach Promenade Partners, LLC, is in the process of developing a 5-story, 62-unit residential condominium building at the southeast corner of The Promenade and Broadway. The building design approved by the Redevelopment Agency includes subterranean and aerial projections into the adjacent street and alley rights-of-way. The subterranean projection accommodates additional parking garage space under The Promenade, and the aerial portions accommodate balconies over The Promenade, Broadway and Alta Way. The spaces proposed for vacation, which would then become a part of the project site, are shown on the attached Exhibit A.
Proceedings for this vacation are being conducted in accordance with Chapter 3, General Vacation Procedure, of the Public Streets, Highways and Service Easements Vacation Law of the California Streets and Highways Code. Findings must establish that the subject right-of-way is unnecessary for present or prospective public use. The Department of Public Works supports this action based on the following evidence, facts, conditions and findings, establishing that the dedicated right-of-way to be vacated is unnecessary for present or prospective public use:
The Redevelopment Agency reviewed and approved the development plans for this project including the projecting underground parking garage and balconies.
1. An artist's rendering showing the proposed balconies over The Promenade
and Broadway is attached as Exhibit B. The maximum projection is four feet.
2. This project is conditioned with a requirement to dedicate four feet along the
east side of the parcel to widen the adjacent 16-foot wide north-south alley
(Waite Court) to the City's 20-foot standa...
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