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Committee denies appeal and clears 45-unit SECUA mixed-use project to proceed after applicant-appellant agreement
Summary
The committee voted to deny an appeal of a SECUA permit for a 45-unit mixed-use development after the applicant and appellant reached an agreement to add certain off-site public improvements; planning staff recommended moving forward without adding conditions to the public record.
The committee denied an appeal and moved to permit a SECUA-filed mixed-use development that includes 45 units, eight designated for very-low-income households, after the project applicant and the appellant reported they had reached an agreement on a set of public improvements.
Planning staff told the committee the applicant and appellant negotiated measures including alley improvements and signage, but staff recommended those negotiated conditions not be added as formal project conditions in the planning record because they are private agreement items. The applicant’s representative, Armaggaray of GE e ingeniería, said, "hemos llegado a un acuerdo con el apelante... Tenían peticiones en cuanto a hacer mejorías públicas en el callejón atrás del proyecto, poner unos letreros, estamos de acuerdo con todo eso." The planning director confirmed staff recommends denying the appeal and proceeding with the permit as conditioned in the planning department’s report.
A committee member who represents the district said the district is comfortable with planning’s recommendation to deny the appeal and allow the project to proceed, subject to the department’s standard conditions and findings. The committee called the roll and the motion to deny the appeal passed with affirmative votes from committee members present.
The project was described in the record as subject to findings, demolition of existing structures, and construction of the new mixed-use development at a site referenced in the staff communication dated Feb. 3, 2025. The staff report and project findings were adopted for the record; the appeal was denied and the project may move forward in the approval process.
No additional conditions from the private agreement between applicant and appellant were formally added to the planning record at the committee’s direction; staff and the applicant said they would implement the agreed improvements outside the formal project conditions.
