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Report regarding consideration of an application for Design Review and Certificate of Alteration to convert existing second floor office space to four new residential units at 304 Grand Avenue in the Grand Avenue Core (GAC) Zoning District in accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code and determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (Christy Usher, Senior Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Planning Commission determine that the conversion of existing office space to four residential units in a historic building at 304 Grand Avenue is categorically exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) CEQA per Class 1, Section 15301, Minor Alterations of Existing Facilities and Section 15331, Class 31 Historic Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation, and approve a Certificate of Alteration (HR22-0001) and Design Review Permit (DR22-0029) based on the attached Draft Findings and subject to the attached Draft Conditions of Approval.
MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Make CEQA determination and findings and approve the entitlements request and Certificate of Alteration subject to conditions of approval
BACKGROUND
The South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) requires a Certificate of Alteration to be approved for proposed changes to a designated historic resource. Pursuant to Section 2.56.130 of the SSFMC, the Certificate of Alteration shall be reviewed by the Design Review Board (DRB) and then forwarded for final review and approval by the Planning Commission, which is the body designated with the power and duty to review applications for, and issue certificates of alteration authorizing alteration, demolition, or construction affecting designated historic resources. (SSFMC ? 2.56.100(b)).
The DRB reviewed the project on September 20, 2022 and recommended it for approval to the Planning Commission (Attachment 3).
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