2019-107 - Proposed Addington Multi-Family Residential Project

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Finding: The No Project/No Build Alternative would avoid the significant and unavoidable aesthetic impacts and would avoid the need for mitigation to ensure impacts to various environmental resources would not occur. Additionally, this alternative would not require a General Plan amendment or zone change. However, the No Project/No Build Alternative would not achieve the Project objectives and the environmental benefits of the Project would not be realized. Therefore, the City hereby rejects the No Project/No Build Alternative. Alternative 2: Reduced Project Alternative Description: Under this alternative, described in further detail in the DEIR (DEIR, p. 6-12), a 30 percent reduction in the number of residential units would be built, which would result in increased setbacks and reduced building heights. Like the Project, 77 percent of the units would be studio or one -bedroom units, 18 percent would be 2-bedroom units, and 6 percent would be 3-bedroom units. This alternative would develop and operate 347 multi -family residential units on the 5.9-acre site, which would result in 59 dwelling units per acre, which is a 149-unit (and 25 unit per acre) reduction compared to the Project. Reducing these units from the Project would eliminate 51 units along the eastern portion of the Project site to provide a 90-foot building setback from the eastern boundary of the site; and the 5th floor residential units along the eastern side would be eliminated to provide a maximum of 4-stories adjacent to the 90- foot setback. Under the Reduced Project Alternative, the development would be 3-stories in height along Santiago Park and Edgewood Road, and would be 5 stories in height along N, Main Street and adjacent to the parking structure. To support the 347 multi -family residential units under this alternative 625 parking spaces (an average of 1.8 spaces per unit consistent with the Project) would be provided within a 6-level parking structure, that would have 5 levels above ground and one level underground. Like the Project, the residential units would be wrapped around the parking structure. Under the Reduced Project Alternative, the Wellness Room and Community Rooms would not be developed (as they are planned to be located within the 90-foot setback) and the recreation amenities would also be reduced by 30 percent. Thus, approximately 4,870 of indoor recreation facilities would be provided by this alternative. However, the 90-foot setback would create a large open space area (approximately 54,000 square feet) along the eastern side of the Project site that could be used for open space recreation. Like the Project, this alternative would require a General Plan Amendment from the existing land use designation of PAO (Professional and Administrative Office) to District Center (DC), and a Zone change from P (Professional) to a Specific Development (SD) designation. Environmental Effects: As further discussed in the DEIR (DEIR, pp. 6-12 through 6-17), the Reduced Project Alternative would result in a 90-foot building setback from the eastern boundary of the site resulting in an open space area that could be used for recreation. In addition, views of the Project site would be visually less dense and structure heights would be lower from several viewpoints. Also, the shade and shadow generated from the Reduced Project Alternative would be less than the Project and would extend into fewer off -site areas. However, the same mitigation to protect the trees to remain onsite would be necessary to ensure views of the Project site are screened, and (although less) this alternative would also result in a substantial difference in scale, height, and property setbacks in comparison to the existing views of the site that is considered significant pursuant to the City's aesthetics criteria. Thus, this Alternative does not eliminate a significant and unavoidable impact. Resolution No. Page 70 of 76 Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR