City of Palo Alto Parking Structures at 375 Hamilton Avenue (aka Downtown Parking Garage)

SCH Number: 2017052040
Lead Agency: Palo Alto, City of (City of Palo Alto)
Document Title: City of Palo Alto Parking Structures at 375 Hamilton Avenue (aka Downtown Parking Garage)
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 2/13/2019

Document Description: The city proposes to construct a new public parking garage consisting of five aboveground parking levels and one basement parking level. The parking garage will replace the existing city-owned surface parking facility on the west corner of Hamilton Ave and Waverley St. The structure would have a height of approx 50 ft to the top of the rail of the fifth deck, and would provide approx 325 parking stalls, including eight accessible spaces and nine electric vehicle-charging station stalls. An approx 585-sf bicycle parking area with approx 50 bicycle parking stalls and spaces for bicycle trailers would also be provided. In addition, the project includes an approx 2,000 sf space fronting Waverley St, to be used as commercial retail space.

Contact Information: Amy French
City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 329-2612

(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 Negative Declaration 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 Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(5) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes