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City Council Staff Report July 12, 1999 A-99-2 & PD-99-2 Page 5 of 10 DISCUSSION Rezoning The CC District permits retail sales, retail services, and professional office uses. A hotel is a conditionally permitted use in the CC District (Zoning Code Section 2-630 DD). The self - storage facility is not permitted or conditionally permitted, thus the rezoning is required. Staff and the Commission recommend this zoning designation to allow for more comprehensive review of the project given the high profile of the site. The PD overlay also allows for flexibility in applying zoning standards to respond to specific site conditions and proposed uses. In this case, the hotel FAR, height, parking and site landscaping require minor exceptions to the CC base district requirements. In the case of the self -storage, the use, its coverage, FAR, and site landscaping also requires exception. The rezoning would allow for a moderate to low intensity hotel use (with no banquet or recreational facilities) and a very low intensity self -storage facility. The rezoning would allow for the reasonable development of this difficult site, which is constrained by limited frontage on Lewelling and an unusual shape site configuration. Planned Development The proposed plan balances a low -intensity use such as a self -storage facility with a moderate to low intensity use such as a hotel. The hotel will not have banquet and recreational facilities or a restaurant. It will however have a small meeting room at the ground floor. The project with conditions of approval addressing screening, buffering, lighting without off -site glare, providing adequate parking, and maintaining the architectural level that has been presented at the public hearings are measures to protect the character of the surrounding area. The proposal will improve the design and aesthetic quality of this highly prominent location by replacing an underutilized and blighted site with a new and attractive development that maintains the historic resource known as the Captain Roberts home. During the course of the public hearings before the Planning Commission on May 13, June 10 and June 24, 1999, the following major issues were discussed and resolved: Impact on Adjacent Residences The homeowners to the south (the Paseo Del Rio residents) and the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association have expressed concerns about the potential noise, traffic, parking, light and glare, and privacy impacts from the proposed hotel (attached to this report is a letter from the Association, dated May 21, 1999). The letter recommended two alternatives to address the resident's concerns. These alternatives were reviewed by the applicant and, for reasons explained at the Commission meeting, were determined to be infeasible. The proposed plans incorporates many of the land use concerns (i.e. parking lot noise and light) of the adjacent homeowners, the Commission and staff. The solid wood fence and increase in the density of planting along the southerly edge of the hotel site will partially address the