Block 104/105 Redevelopment Project (The Strand at Downtown Huntington Beach)

Block 104/105 Redevelopment Project (The Strand at Downtown Huntington Beach)

The applicant proposes to develop, within a 2.97-acre project site, seven buildings ranging in height from two to four stories and containing a total of 226,245 gross square feet (gsf). The proposed project site is located across Pacific Coast Highway from the Pacific Ocean, and includes portions of what are designated by the City as Blocks 104 and 105. The site consists of 14 legal lots and is bordered by Sixth Street on the northwest; the alley between Main and Fifth Streets, as well as the structure containing El Don Liquors, on the southeast; Walnut Avenue on the northeast; and Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) on the southwest. The proposed uses within the project would include 106,075 square feet of commercial space and a 120,170-square foot, 152-room hotel. Of the 106,075 square feet of commercial space, up to 40,000 square feet may be devoted to restaurant uses and a maximum of 38,000 square feet would be devoted to office uses. Any amount of the total commercial square footage allotted to restaurant use but not utilized for such use would be devoted to retail. While the commercial space would be located in the buildings located in Block 104, the hotel would be located directly above approximately 49,690 square feet of restaurant/retail space on Block 105. Parking would be provided in a two-level, 397-space subterranean parking garage located below the enter project site. Additionally, six spaces of surface level parking would be provided on Block 105, for a total of 403 parking spaces at the site. To accommodate development of the project and allow for creation of a pedestrian-oriented streetscape and open space, the Redevelopment Agency will quit claim the Fifth Street right-of-way to the applicant. The applicant will then record a 54-foot wide easement for pedestrian and vehicular traffic between PCH and Walnut Avenue. The current width of the right-of-way is 80 feet. The proposed development encroaches 13 feet onto each of the east and west sides, resulting in the development of 26 feet of the right-of-way. The proposed public access easement consists of two 12-foot traffic lanes, with a 15-foot sidewalk on each side, resulting in a width of 54 feet.

Huntington Beach

Orange

California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT)

Office (Sq. Ft. 188,245), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 38,000)

Site Plan, Use Permit, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Redevelopment, Coastal Permit

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation