eTo: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Michael Allen, Senior Planner
TITLE:
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Westin Hotel Addition
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution approving a Use Permit and Design Review Permit for a 32-room expansion of the Westin Hotel on the vacant parcel located at 1274 Mckinstry Street adjacent to the existing Westin Hotel and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Applicant requests a Design Review Permit and Use Permit approval to construct a detached 45,265 square foot, four (4) story, 32 room hotel expansion on the vacant parcel immediately south of the existing Westin Hotel. The expansion is intended to serve as an annex to the existing hotel complex. Supporting the hotel use would be a 7,275 square foot restaurant and bar, a spa, and an outdoor spa terrace. Parking would be provided by a subterranean garage with 30 net new valet parking spaces and underground connectivity to the neighboring subterranean garage (total of 263 shared spaces). The first level of the hotel building would include a full-service spa with six treatment rooms, exercise studios, hair and nail salon, lockers rooms and sauna area, as well as, a lounge and juice bar. Three outdoor therapeutic spas are to be located on the spa terrace and would be connected to the juice bar/lounge by large folding doors. The spa would be open to both guests and the public.
As detailed by the Applicant, the new Westin Hotel building is to serve as an annex to the existing hotel. All arriving guests would continue to check in at the existing hotel's front desk. The lobby at the new building would function as a scaled down version of that located in the primary building and would service guests' basic needs during their stay. The spa would have its own guest check in. Guest access between the two buildings woul...
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