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HomeMy WebLinkAbout800 Airport Blvd - Staff Report 9.25.2000-� . . � ;, � _� y� � - .q . ry City of Burlingame Conditional Use Permit for Lease of Parking Spaces Address: 800 Airport Boulevard Item # � Study Calendar Meeting Date: 9/25/00 Request: Conditional use permit for lease of parking spaces in excess of required parking at an existing office building at 800 Airport Boulevard, zoned C-4. (C.S. 25.41 (k)) Applicant: Todd Green, 800 Airport Partnership APN: 026-342-310 Property Owner: 800 Airport Partnership Lot Area: 1.73 Acres General Plan: Offices Zoning: C-4 Adjacent Development: offices and hotels CEQA Status: Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing Facilities, Class 1, minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. Previous Use: Office Building Proposed Use: Office Building with excess parking spaces leased to off-site users. Allowable Use: Lease of excess parking spaces requires conditional use permit as a use determined to be compatible with the purposes of the district. Summary: The applicant, Todd Green for 800 Airport Partnership, is requesting a conditional use permit to allow leasing of 23 parking spaces in excess of the required parking in an existing parking lot which serves a 47,700 SF gross floor area office building at 800 Airport Boulevard, zoned C-4. The following application is required: 1. A conditional use permit is required to establish that the lease of parking spaces in excess of required parking is a use which is compatible with the purposes of the C-4 zone district. When the structure was built in 1981, a restaurant occupied the top floor. This space has since been converted to office use. The parking requirement for a restaurant in the C-4 zone district is 1 space per 100 SF, plus 1 space per 1000 SF. The parking provided on the site reflects the former use of the top floor as a restaurant. The parking requirement for the 47,700 SF office building is 159 parking spaces, and there are a total of 182 spaces on site in surface parking, lower level parking below the building and in the second floor parking area. There are 23 spaces in excess of the current parking requirement for the office building. The applicant proposed to lease these 23 parking spaces to businesses in the area. Proposed Use: *lease of 23 parking spaces Existing Parking Allowed/Req'd. Conditional Use Permit for uses which are found to be desirable and cornpatible with the purposes of the C-4 zone district a Conditional Use Permit for Lease of Parking Spaces Proposed Parking: 159 spaces for offices *lease of 23 parking spaces to area business Existing 182 spaces 800 Airport Boulevard Allowed/Req'd. 1 space for each 300 SF of of�ce area (159 spaces total required) * Conditional use permit for lease of parking spaces in excess of required parking. This project meets all other zoning code requirements. Staff Comments: The Chief Building Of�cial, the Fire Marshal and the City Engineer had no comments on the project. Maureen Brooks Senior Planner c: Todd Green, 800 Airport Partnership, applicant 7