Woodside council continues Canada Corners parklet and parking proposal to Dec. 10 after hours of debate

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After a multi-hour public hearing that drew dozens of speakers for and against, the Woodside Town Council voted to continue the Canada Corners application — a proposal that would add permanent parklets and expand rear parking by modifying an open-space easement — to its Dec. 10 meeting for more analysis and revised materials.

The Woodside Town Council on Oct. 22 continued a contentious public hearing on the Canada Corners application to Dec. 10 after more than ten hours of staff presentations, applicant testimony and public comment.

The project, proposed by the owners of the Canada Corners shopping center, would replace temporary parklets with smaller permanent parklets in front of Bucks and The Village Bakery and expand a rear parking lot by roughly 34 net spaces. Staff said that would increase the site’s total from 55 to 109 spaces and require eight separate entitlements, including a conditional use permit amendment, a grading exception, a variance to parking-space dimensions, a partial vacation or modification of a 1980 open-space easement, and rezoning of the rear parcel consistent with the voter-approved Measure A.

“This project has been designed not only to benefit Canada Corners, but to benefit the community,” Lee Prince, the applicant’s land-use attorney, told the council. He said the owner has revised plans in…

Woodside council continues Canada Corners parklet and parking proposal to Dec. 10 after hours of debate

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