DATE: March 24, 2016
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Planning Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Conversion of a Single-Room Occupancy Facility to an Apartment Building in the Green Shutter Hotel building located at Main and B Streets, requiring approval of a Conditional Use Permit to allow residential units on the ground floor in the Central City Plaza (CC-P) and Central City Commercial (CC-C) Zoning Districts. Trent Kloppenburg, Structure Properties (Applicant/Owner).
Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission finds that the proposed project is categorically exempt from environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15301, Existing Facilities and Section 15331, Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation; and, approves the project subject to the Findings herein and attached Conditions of Approval (Attachment II).
Body
SUMMARY
The project proposes to convert existing commercial storage space at the rear of the building to create six residential studio apartment units and to convert the existing second floor single-room occupancy hotel to market-rate studio and one-bedroom apartments. In addition, the exterior of the building, which is a registered Historic Landmark, will be repaired/rehabilitated in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
The project is supported by staff because the conversion of the single-room occupancy hotel to market-rate apartments and the comprehensive renovation of building will contribute toward the revitalization and economic vitality of the Downtown and overall efforts to support the Guiding Principle #5 of the General Plan, which states, "The City will support the development of Downtown housing to create new opportunities for people to live in a safe, mixed-use, walkable, and transit-oriented urban neighborhood." Furthermore,...
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