Zoning Ordinance Amendment and Development Agreement
10 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2008032066
Lead Agency
City of Walnut Creek
Document Title
Zoning Ordinance Amendment and Development Agreement
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
6/4/2009
Document Description
The Revised Project includes the following: an amendment to Walnut Creek General Plan 2025 to increase the maximum allowable floor area ration (FAR) from 0.75 to 1.75 on a 1.59 acre site; an amendment to the building height map of the Zoning Ordinance of the Walnut Creek Municipal Code to reduce the maximum building height from 35' over the northern two-thirds of the site and 50' over the southern one third of the site to 35' over the entire site; a CUP to allow (i) implementation of an attendant-operated lift system on teh first level of the 5 story South Main Street Parking Garage exclusively for employees of Broadway Plaza tenants; (ii) implementation of tandem parking with attendant assistance on the 5th level of the 5th story South Main Street Parking garage exclusively for employees of Broadway Plaza tenants; and (iii) use of maximum of 45 off-site parking spaces at 200 Pringle Avenue between 5:00 pm on Fridays and 11:00 pm on Sundays as well as holidays to substitute for the attendant tandem program on the 5th level of the South Main Parking Garage; a Development Agreement that would, among other things, obligate Macerich to meet the City's parking requirements and to fulfill additional obligations to provide funding to the City to enhance transit, transportation and parking opportunities in th Broadway PLaza and Traditional Downtown areas, providing additonal bicycle parking spaces, and installing computerized parking space counters at the 5 level parking structure and the 2 level parking structure; lot line adjustments; Design Review approval of a new department store building; and a tree removal permit for the removal of trees on the Revised Project site and along the Revised Project frontage.
Walnut Creek previously certified an EIR for the Original Project. Walnut Creek filed an NOD on May 29, 2009 for the Revised Project after approval of the General Plan Amendment and CUP that are part of the Revised Project.
Contact Information
Name
Steve Buckley
Agency Name
City of Walnut Creek
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Walnut Creek
Counties
Contra Costa
Cross Streets
Mt. Diablo Boulevard, South Main Street
Zip
94596
Total Acres
17
State Highways
I-680, SR 24
Railways
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Schools
Las Lomas HS, WC Elementary
Waterways
Las Trampas Creek, Walnut Creek
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Walnut Creek
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
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