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Report regarding consideration of applications for a General Plan Amendment, Rezoning Map to Create a Planned Development District, Design Review, and Transportation Demand Management Plan, to allow an eight-story Office/R&D building on 580 Dubuque Avenue, and associated California Environmental Quality Act Analysis. (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 recommending that the City Council adopt the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration (EIR22-0002), in accordance with Section 21080 of the California Public Resources Code and CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 et seq.; and
2. Adopt a resolution making findings and recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance amending the Zoning Map (RZ21-0003) to rezone the project parcel as a Planned Development and adopt a resolution approving a General Plan Amendment (GPA21-0002), Transportation Demand Management Plan (TDM21-0006), and Design Review (DR21-0024), subject to the draft Conditions of Approval.
MOTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
(1) Move to adopt the resolution recommending adoption of the IS/MND
(2) Move to adopt the resolutions recommending amendment to the zoning map and approval of planning entitlements.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Site Overview
The project site is on a single lot fronting Dubuque Avenue in the east of 101 area of South San Francisco, California. The project site, located at 580 Dubuque Avenue (APN 015-021-998), is approximately 1.93 acres (82,499 sq. ft.) and is currently vacant, but was previously owned by Union Pacific Railroad, and more recently used as a construction staging area for the Caltrain corridor electrification and station upgrade projects.
The site is located within the boundaries of the study area boundaries of the Downtown Station Area Sp...
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