Executive Summary Conditional Use – Formula Retail HEARING DATE: 02/14/2019 CONSENT Record No.: 2018-013462CUA Project Address: 3995 ALEMANY BOULEVARD Zoning: NC-S (Neighborhood Commercial, Shopping Center District) 40-X Height and Bulk District Block/Lot: 7126A/012 Applicant: H Mart c/o Jeremy Layton, Golden Property Development, LLC 5847 Brace Road Loomis, CA 95650 Staff Contact: Linda Ajello Hoagland - (415) 575-6823
[email protected] Recommendation: Approval with Conditions PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Project includes establishing a new formula retail grocery store use (d.b.a. H Mart) within an existing 47,108 square foot commercial space (previously occupied by Albertsons grocery store, a formula retail use, followed by Oceanview Market) within the Oceanview Village Shopping Center. The project includes interior tenant improvements only. New signage will be processed under a separate sign permit. REQUIRED COMMISSION ACTION In order for the Project to proceed, the Commission must grant a Conditional Use Authorization for a formula retail use (d.b.a. H Mart) greater than 6,000 square feet at 3995 Alemany Boulevard within the Neighborhood Commercial, Shopping Center Use District, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303, 303.1 and 713. ISSUES AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Public Comment & Outreach. The Department has received nine letters in support of the project, including two from the Merced Extension Triangle Neighborhood Association (METNA). No letters in opposition were received. Additionally, the Sponsor has conducted extensive community outreach, as follows: • On August 3, 2018, the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) released a press release announcing that H Mart had secured a lease at the Oceanview Village Shopping Center.