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Five-Story Mixed Use Project Planned for California Avenue

by Mike Van Houten / Sep 19, 2017

California Avenue could soon get a five-story mixed use residential project, called 410 California. The plans call for underground/below-grade parking, ground-level residential lobby and roughly 9,300 sf of retail space, and three levels of residential units and associated amenity spaces. There are 34 apartment units planned. 

You can check out renderings in the development review memo doc, by following this link and looking on pages 10-14. . 

The developers are asking for a special use permit to build the structure to 55' feet to allow for gabled pitched roofs. Current code allows for 45-foot tall buildings. 

I'm a fan of pitched roofs over flat roofs, and this project seems perfect for the area, so I hope it moves through planning quickly. 

More info to come! 

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  • geopower
    September 20, 2017 - 4:08:56 PM

    Is there a planning reason for the ground-floor setbacks with cantilevers out to the property line above?

  • Nn2036
    September 20, 2017 - 10:11:27 PM

    Sound very nice!

  • doofus
    September 21, 2017 - 7:30:04 AM

    The required setback is 12' from California - 4' planter strip and an 8' sidewalk. The cantilever is a pretty aggressive reading of the code.

  • doofus
    September 21, 2017 - 7:34:26 AM

    They are going to run into issues with the required 10' radial separation from NVEs power line both on California and Creek.

  • geopower
    September 21, 2017 - 10:06:31 AM

    Having recently seen what arcing lines do when tree branches get up into them, I agree that they REALLY shouldn't mess with the setbacks on 25,000 volts. 4' planting strip doesn't seem like something this block really needs. Can the city waive it? A bunch of the rest of that stretch of California is grandfathered zero lot-line, and no one complains.

  • H.E.
    September 21, 2017 - 4:49:19 PM

    The permit mentions undergrounding or relocating the powerlines. 4 stories above ground is going to be a pretty good structure, everything around it is 2 to 2.5. Hopefully, it won't be a sore thumb.

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