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HONORABlE tlTY COUNCIL
Pal. Alt •• Califorala
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Rf-USE Of PENINS~ CRfAMfRY BUILDING
Xembers of the Council:
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The purpose of this memo is tc advIse the Council of the statws af t~e
proposal for the Penfnsula Creamery buildlng. located at 875 Alma Street~
T~1s item is fmfo~atfonal on)!. No ictlo~ fs required by (1t1 Co~~cil~
Background
On AU9~st 3, 1989, the Zoning ~dmfRfstritor approved iii use permit to allow for
parking is • permitted use (at 909 Alma Street) fn conjunction .nt~ • proposed
restaurant (Cnevy's) to be located .t 875 Alma ~treet (see .tt.ched map). Th.
~5e permit was required for one of two off-site parkiD9 lots. The sscond lot,
te be located at 90) Hfg'h Street .. did Dot require iii use penit IS tllis parcel
had I documented .Istory of ose is an off-site parking facilitl. Under the
(it,~s lODing regUlations. pariing fs not pe~itted unless fm conjunction ~th
all approved buildiog ol'l-si.te.J or b)' lIistorfcal use is a parking facilit,.~ All
new eff-site parking requTres approval by the Director of Planning and
Community E~vironment of an agreement bet weeR t~e (tt} and the developer
proposing the off-site parking.
T~ls Ise permit approval mirrored a previous staff approval of a restaurant
and jazz c1ub use at 875 Alma Street. I. t~.t bot~ proposed parkIng lots were
necessary t~ satisfy the (fty's parking requirements for t~e ,hange 11 use of
the PeAiRsula Creamery building from pr!marll, ware~ouse and some off!!e tQ
eating and drfnk;Dg. Bot~ the Chevy~s and jazl club approvals allowed for a
park1ng credit. ~ic~ is permlssible under the zoning regulations. to cODvert
the building to a mnre fmtens;~e Bse.
The use permit ~s subsequentlJ appealed by residents fl the irea scut~ of
Addfson Avenue_ fhe bases If the appeal ere summarfzed as follows:
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l~tens;t} ~f retail use near a residential area;
[na~equate parkiog for the proposed ~se;
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3. Fosslbl. danger to pedestrians erosslng High Street to patronIze t~e
proposed restaurant; and
4. Overlll traffic asso~fated with I Chev~'s-type Df restaurant.
The appeal also stated t~at the most ap~oprjate wse for thfs property.
Iccot'di/lg to the appellants., .. as lIigh-density res;d'entill.
T~e use permit appeal was st~eduled before the Plannfng CommissfoD DR October
2S, 19a5. At that ~earfng, t~e Plan~in9 Commission unanimousl, recommended
that the City Council uphold the appeal and, therefore, to deny the project
based OD the f.llowing:
I. Traffic and safety Impacts;
2. Inadequate par'kiDQ for a Chevy's-type operaUon; and
3. Appropriateness of commercial fDtensfffcatfOD 11 the south of forest
area ..
On November 20, 1989, the Citl Council approved a staff recommenaatioD to
eODtl,ue the .se per.it appeal and referred the item t. t~e ,Iannlng
CODmiss;on for reconsideratfon. fm order to 81low the applicant additional
tfme to study safet, and traffic fssues associated with th! proPGsed Cnevy's
use. The use per.~t was subseque~tl1 withdrawn.
Hew frDpose~ Re-Use Qf PenT~swll Creame~t Building
After cDns~ltat'on witk the nefghbor~ood, the applfcant. Vesco Oevelopment t
opted to ~thdraw the proposal for I C~ev1'$ restaurant and has filed for a
new ARB application to allow for re-use of the Penitlsah. Creamery bulldfog for
• eombined retoil/.fflce Rse. Off·site parking for S9 spaces .nIl still be
required It the Hig~ Street/Al.a lotersectlon and at 901 Hig~ Street. No
credit for the post parking d.ficit Is preseotll proposed, I .••• III of the 59
required parli~g spaces for the proposed combf~ation of uses are to be
provided. The required parkicg ~as bee A met primarily by the deletioD of I
restaurant~ wtfc~ required a substanti~l amount of par\i~g, ~lle the new
parting requirements are based on the total of 6.000 sq~are feet Df office and
S~]78 square feet of retail. A total of 5.000 square feet of office ;s
permfssable ~thl~ the exfsttng PenlAs~11 Creamery bulldf~gl and I new
I,OOO·square·foot office structure Is propos.d .t 909 Alma Street. The retail
will be located at 875 Alma Street.
The l.troductioD of a 1,000 ! square foot office building at 901/909 Alma
Street negates the need for the ~se permit requlrement for exclusive use cf I
parcel for parting purposes onl,; hence J onll Arc~itecturil Review B04rd
approval is required on the present application.
Anal}sis Regardf_~.9. ___ PenfRsf.;lla Creamer} Building Re-:-nQse
Re-use of the Peni~suli Creamer~ building for anything otner t~an a ware~ouse
fs possible onl1 wit~ provlsions for off-site parking. The City's parkiD9
regulations require t~at the incremental fncrease il parting spaces be
pro~ided when I partitylar b~ilding is to be converted to I more i~tensive
Ise. COD~ersion fro~ ~arehousing to retiil. for e~ample. ~ouTd require that
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,.rtl09 be provided it on. $p.~, per I~ square feet for r.tiil ,.r •• s on.
space per 1.000 square feet for v.r.~ousln9. Provisions for off'site parking
~t~ t~e C1reetor of flinnfDg and Community Environment's approvil have long
be!D I part af the City's regulat'ons~ and ~ave work!d well to allow some
flexlb!l!ty II .se prim.r!ly ne.r the downtown.
Off-s!t. parking appro,als ~.r. Instrumental I. allowing re·use of the
Padd1.ford Oldsmobll. building for. food mar~et and rehabilitation of the
fonner Beki •• Storage and CitI of Paris buildings. Other ne~ construction Dr
re~.bllitatfon il the areas sout~ of forest, suck as the office building at
700 Eaerson Street, have provided t~e req~ired ~arting CD-s'te.
After cons~ltatiDn ~th the (ft1 Attor~eyrs Office, it is staff's imtentfon.
unless Coune\l agendizes t~i$ item and directs Dther.1~e, t~ allow Vesco
Development's present proposal to proceed as a standard ARB application.
Subsequent to ARB approval, should that occur, and ff not appealed. staff
would execute the off-site parting agreement wlt~ the applicant (or 'Is
!;.utcessor).
Issues related t~ the $~uth of forest area 11 general are addressed fM i
compan1on l&formatfonal memo to City Council~
Respectfyll, submitted,
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CAROl JANSEN -"'·5.
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WrnHH R. stHREl B£R '.Y
C ef 'lannf 9 ffiel.l Director cf Planning and
Co~munitJ £nvironment
cc: Arc~ltectuTal Review Board
'Janning Commissfon
Downtown Urban Design Committee
~£SCO Development Co., 390 So. San Antonio Ro.d, los Altos, CA 94022
Stoecker and Northway Architects, Inc., 431 Lytton Ave., Pile Alto. CA
94301
Den. Mossar, 1024 Emerso. St., pal. Alto. CA 94301
Susan Rlc~ardson, 353 Addison St., P.l. ATt., CA 94301
Steve 'layer, 1874 Guinda St., Palo ATt., CA 94303
linda Scott, 1057 Ramon. St., Pal. Alt., CA 94301
Jess WIlson. 318 line.l. Ave., Fal. Alt., CA 94301
Marti. and Bodl] G.rQt~ol, 633 Coannlng Ave., P.l. Alto, CA 94301
Harry le.enstel., 1102 Ramona St., Pal. Alt., CA 94301
Vayne SmIth, S3S Waverley St., Pa10 Alto, C~ 94301
Dave Ross, Jack & (allen. Builders If)c .• 975 Higl1 StTeet~ Pale ... It,.
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