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Design panel supports Toyota Walnut Creek concept, asks for facade, lighting and landscaping refinements
Summary
The Design Review Commission gave a generally positive recommendation on a proposed two‑story Toyota dealership for North Broadway and Pine Street, while asking the applicant to break up long facades, mock up stone veneer, screen rooftop equipment and transformer, limit uplighting and reconsider tree species.
The Walnut Creek Design Review Commission on June 4 reviewed design plans for a proposed two‑story Toyota dealership at the merged parcels 2150 North Broadway and 1275 Pine Street and provided a generally positive recommendation to forward the project to the Planning Commission with detailed design and materials comments.
Staff described the site as two parcels merged into a roughly two‑acre, L‑shaped property within the North Downtown specific plan and identified overlay districts including the Maker’s Row and Mixed Use Special Districts. Simmer Gill, senior planner, told commissioners the project includes demolition of two existing structures and construction of a two‑story dealership with a showroom and customer parking at street level, a 47‑bay service center on the second floor, and rooftop parking for inventory and staff. The applicant proposes 290 total parking stalls (127 for inventory), a ground‑level customer entrance on North Broadway, vehicle…
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