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Report regarding consideration of applications for a Design Review, Use Permit, Transportation Demand Management Plan, and Environmental Impact Report, for the construction of a new office / R&D building and parking structure in the Business and Technology Park (BTP) Zoning District. (Christopher Espiritu, Senior Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing and take the following actions:
1. Adopt a Resolution making findings and certifying the Environmental Impact Report EIR19-0003, including adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and Statement of Overriding Considerations; and,
2. Adopt a Resolution making findings and approving Planning Project P19-0001, including Use Permit UP19-0011, Design Review DR19-0032, and Preliminary Transportation Demand Management Program TDM19-0005, based on the attached draft findings and subject to the attached draft Conditions of Approval.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Site Overview
The project site is located at 499 Forbes Blvd., on the northwest corner of Forbes and Allerton Avenue. The site totals 2.96 acres (128,737 sq. ft.), and consists of two contiguous parcels (APNs 015-082-040 and 015-082-299), one is a relatively rectangular parcel, and the other is one long, thin parcel that contains a portion of a decommissioned railroad track. Offices, warehouses, and distribution centers for food packaging companies are located to the north of the project site, across the railroad tracks. A large surface parking lot and bus station serving Genentech abuts the project site to the east, and office and warehouses for a food distribution company abuts the project site to the west. A vacant lot is located to the south of the project site, directly across on Forbes Boulevard. Other surrounding uses include additional Genentech and biotechnology company buildings and office buildings.
The project site is zoned Business and Technolog...
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