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Report regarding a request for a Use Permit, Design Review, Parking Reduction, Transportation Demand Management Plan, and Vesting Tentative Parcel Map to construct a seven-story mixed-use building at 200 Airport Boulevard; make a determination that the Project is exempt from CEQA; and approve the Environmental Consistency Analysis. (Tony Rozzi, Principal Planner)
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Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution recommending that the City Council approve the entitlements request, determine that the project is statutorily and categorically exempt from CEQA and further environmental analysis pursuant to Government Code Section 65457, Public Resources Code Section 21166, and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15168 and 15332, and approve the Environmental Consistency Analysis.
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BACKGROUND AND PROJECT OVERVIEW
On September 28, 2018, Fairfield Residential submitted an application for a seven-story mixed-use development at 200-214 Airport Boulevard in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan (DSASP). The project consists of 98 residential apartment units in five stories above a two-story parking garage with 110 parking spaces and approximately 3,630 sq. ft. of ground level commercial space facing Airport Boulevard and the future Caltrain Plaza.
The application was deemed complete on October 28, 2018, and therefore is not subject to the Inclusionary Housing Regulations for rental residential development projects that took effect on November 1, 2018. (SSFMC ? 20.380.003(B)(6).) However, as further discussed below, the applicant proposes nine (9) affordable units for residents making between 110-120% AMI for San Mateo County (between $150,480 and $164,750 for a family of four), pursuant to approval of a community benefits incentive package for increased density.
The 0.55-acre site consists of five parcels and is located adjacent to the future Caltrain Plaza at the intersection of Grand Avenue/Airport Boulevard an...
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