Council denies appeal, approves Sunrise Office Center permits; mayor recuses

The Roseville City Council on March 5 denied an appeal of the Planning Commission’s January 9 approval of the Sunrise Office Center, adopted the project’s mitigated negative declaration and approved a design review permit, a flood encroachment permit and a tree permit for a proposed medical office building at 705 Sunrise Avenue.

Vice Mayor Albert presided after Mayor Bernasconi recused herself because she owns property within 500 feet of the site. Council members voted to deny the appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s approval; the roll call as recorded in the hearing shows four affirmative votes with the mayor not participating.

City planning staff said the project proposes a 7,300-square-foot medical office building to occupy the undeveloped portion of a parcel already developed with a roughly 4,700-square-foot medical building. Staff said the combined existing and proposed medical-office area will total about 12,000 square feet and that the project meets the city’s minimum parking requirement by adding 33 parking spaces to an existing 47 for a total of 80 spaces.

Shelby Maples, associate planner, described required entitlements: a design review permit, a flood encroachment…