DATE: January 22, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION UPHOLDING PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2024-P16 APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN (D23-00009) AND DENSITY BONUS (DB23-00004) TO ALLOW THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING TWO-STORY OFFICE BUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX STORY MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 73 APARTMENTS, INCLUDING EIGHT AFFORDABLE UNITS, FOUR LIVE WORK UNITS, AND 688 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE ON 1.739-ACRE SITE LOCATED GENERALLY AT 503 VISTA BELLA - VISTA BELLA MIXED USE - APPLICANT: VISTA BELLA INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC; APPELLANT: ELLEN MARCIEL
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution upholding Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-P16 approving Development Plan (D23-00009), and Density Bonus (DB23-00004) on a 1.739-acre site located at 503 Vista Bella.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Project Location
The subject property is comprised of two parcels with an area of approximately 1.74 acres located at the southwest corner of Vista Bella and Vista Rey in the Oceana Neighborhood Planning Area. The project site is irregularly-shaped and contains steep slope across a majority of the site and along its boundaries. The eastern parcel maintains street frontage on both Vista Bella and Vista Rey and is developed with a two-story vacant office building and parking lot, with both proposed for demolition. The western parcel has an "L" shaped configuration and is undeveloped, containing significant sloping and vegetation that extends down to El Camino Real. Surrounding uses includes a multifamily development to the north, a church and ancillary uses to the south, the Oceana age restricted community to the east and a gas station and open space preserve to the west. The project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of General Commercial (GC). With regard to zoning, the east parcel (containing the o...
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