To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Ryder Dilley, Associate Planner
TITLE:
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First & Oxbow Hotel
LABEL
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution approving a Design Review Permit and Use Permit to authorize construction of a 123-room hotel consisting of two four-story buildings, which includes ancillary hotel guest and public-serving uses, and below-grade parking at 730 Water Street, and determining that the actions authorized by the resolution were adequately analyzed by a previous CEQA action.
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DISCUSSION:
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Applicant, Stratus Development Partners, LLC, requests a Design Review Permit and Use Permit to authorize construction of a 123-room hotel consisting of two four-story buildings, which includes ancillary hotel guest and public serving uses, and below-grade parking ("Project"). If approved, the Project would supersede the previously approved Design Review Permit and Use Permit ("2020 Entitlements") for the First and Oxbow Hotel (PL16-0124; City Council Resolution R2020-134, approved by City Council on November 17, 2020), for 74 rooms and ground floor retail ("2020 Project"). The Project is located at 730 Water Street.
While a more complete project description is provided below under "Project Description," and provided in Attachment 2, Project Description, a summary of the proposed changes between the 2020 Project and the proposed Project is listed below, as shown in Table 1, Summary of Changes.
TABLE 1
Summary of Changes
Approved 2020
Proposed Project
Changes
Hotel Rooms
74
123
49
Retail (square feet)
6,294
--
(6,294)
Conference (sq. ft.)
5,754
3,375
2,199)
Parking Spaces
121
154
33
Building Height (feet)
60
60
No Change
Building Size (sq. ft.)
184,106
151,224
(32,882)
II. SITE CONTEXT AND HISTORY
The Project site is approximately 0.71 acres and is composed of multiple parcels located at the southeast corner of Soscol Ave...
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