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City Council Staff Report A-99-2 & PD-99-2 September 14,1999 Page 2 of 3 DISCUSSION The applicant has provided a revised site plan for the City Council to consider. The revised plan takes into account the San Lorenzo residents' concerns and recommendation to reduce the visual impact of the proposed four-story hotel and its effects on the privacy of their properties. The new plan will shift the hotel site in a northerly direction, away from the residences. The area between the hotel and the San Lorenzo Creek will become a portion of the self -storage facility. The hotel will remain four stories, containing 120 rooms. The triangular shape of the parcel will be approximately the same size as originally proposed. The self -storage facility will be an "L- shaped" parcel wrapping around the interior property lines of the hotel site. The plan will retain the historic Captain Roberts home and access driveways as originally proposed (see attached exhibits). The new plan will provide a significantly larger separation between the San Lorenzo residents and the hotel. The new separation between the homes and the hotel will be an average of 350 feet versus a range of 180— to 230-feet on the original plan. In addition to the greater separation, the self -storage will create a physical screen and buffer between the homes and the hotel. It would be unlikely that activity in the hotel parking lot (i.e., lights and noise) would have any impact on the residents. In addition to lessening the impact of the hotel on San Lorenzo residents, the revised site plan benefits the project by enhancing the visual presence of the hotel by shifting it closer to Lewelling Boulevard and the freeway system. The City Council at its public hearing did recommend to the applicant the possibility of moving the hotel closer to Lewelling and the freeway to improve the visibility of the hotel and lessen the prominence of the self -storage facility. If the City Council finds the revised site plan to be an acceptable solution for mitigating the impacts that the original plan had on the residents to the south and their properties, staff recommends that the proposal be referred back to the Planning Commission for its review and recommendation. During that time the recommended conditions of approval will be reassessed and a new version prepared for the Commission and Council's consideration. The applicant has arranged to meet with the Paseo Del Rio residents and the San Lorenzo Village Homeowners Association on Thursday, September 16, 1999 and discuss the revised site plan. If the revised plan is favorably received by the residents, the Association and the City Council, the applicant would like to re -submit fully revised plans to meet the deadline for the October 14'' Planning Commission meeting. Subsequently, the project could be scheduled for a City Council hearing and action in November.