HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-09-22 City Council (15)City of Palo Alto
C ty Manager’s Repor
TO:
FROM:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
DATE:SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 CMR:370:98
SUBJECT:425-435 SHERIDAN AVENUE, 440-460 PAGE MILL ROAD:
APPLICATION BY BK LTD, PALO ALTO, LLC FOR CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP TO
MERGE AND RESUBDIVIDE A 1.06-ACRE PARCEL INTO 35
AIR SPACE CONDOMINIUMS, 97-SUB-I, 97’EIA-10
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached final subdivision map.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant has submitted an application for a final map to merge underlying lots and
subdivide the resultant 1.06-acre parcel into 35 air space condominiums. The condominiums
would be accessed from a main entry on Sheridan Avenue and a second entry on Page Mill
Road.
BACKGROUND
On January 20, 1998, the City Council approved the application for a tentative map for the
project. On August 17, 1998, the current final map application was submitted by the
applicant for merger of the underlying four lots and subdivision of the subject site into 35 air
space condominiums. The final map has been reviewed and determined to be complete by
City staff.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The .tentative map was approved with 21 conditions, which in summary include the
preparation of a final map, design and installation of public improvements, and dedication
often feet of right of way for a future right turn lane along Page Mill Road. The applicant
was also required to enter into a subdivision agreement with the City of Palo Alto, agreeing
that all improvements required for the subdivision will be installed and posting a bond to
guarantee that agreement. The subdivision agreement also includes reservation of three
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Below Market Rate (BMR) housing units and sets forth the terms of the BMR program as
it applies to these units.
All of the conditions imposed on the tentative subdivision map have been met. Both the
State Subdivision Map Act and the Palo Alto Subdivision Ordinance require that a final
subdivision map be approved prior to recordation of the subdivision. Staff recommends that
the City Council approve the applicant’s request for a final subdivision map.
RESOURCE IMPACT
None.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Policy implications of this project were addressed at the tentative Subdivision map stage of
this project.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Find that the final map does not conform to the approved tentative map or the Palo
Alto subdivision ordinance and deny the final map; or
2.Continue the matter for not more than one regular meeting.
TIMELINE
Following Council approval of the final map, the map will be recorded.
recordation, the applicant then may apply for building permits..
Following
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
A Mitigated Negative Declaration was approved by City Council in conjunction with the
approval of the tentative map.
ATTACHMENTS
Final Subdivision Map (Council Members only)
PREPARED BY: Chandler Lee, Contract Planner
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
ANNE CRONIN MOORE
Interim Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
Manager
cc:Serena Trachta, 1002 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Rick Hill, BK Palo Alto LLC, 204 Franklin Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
J. David Knudson, 26855 Dezahara Way, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Janet Stone, Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, 658 Bair Island Road #300, Redwood
City, CA 94063
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