TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Richard Thompson, Community Development Director
Eric Haaland, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Request for a One-Year Time Extension of a Master Use Permit and Associated Applications for 1000-1008 Sepulveda Boulevard (1008 Investment Group, LLC) RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the decision of the Planning Commission approving the extension subject to certain conditions.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
The Planning Commission, at its regular meeting of September 12, 2012, APPROVED (5-0) a one-year extension of the subject project’s approval. This was the third one-year extension granted for the project. The project consists of a 25,350 square-foot medical and retail use building, to include 22,970 square feet of medical office condominiums; a 665 square-foot pharmacy and a 1,715 square foot coffee shop with outdoor patio area. The applicant had proceeded with project design and submitted to plan check on December 18, 2008, but allowed that application to expire. Due to time and economic constraints, the applicant determined that substantial construction could not be completed prior to the plan check and use permit deadlines.
The City’s zoning code permits extensions of an unimplemented use permit if the original findings pertaining to the project remain valid. The Planning Commission confirmed that no changes in regulations or other circumstances have occurred that would have affected the original July 2007 project approval. The Commissioners agreed, as previously, that the delay in implementation was understandable due to the economic decline since the project was approved. The applicant stated that resources are now becoming available for the p...
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