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Commission approves amended CUP for dual-branded hotel at Legends with corrected condition
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The Planning Commission unanimously approved an amended conditional use permit for a four-story, 199-room dual-branded AC Hotels/Element hotel at 1407 Shields Drive after staff corrected Condition 3 to specify the approval applies only to the hotel at that address.
The Sparks Planning Commission unanimously approved an amendment to a previously granted conditional use permit to allow construction and operation of a dual-branded AC Hotels (Marriott) and Element by Westin hotel at 1407 Shields Drive in the Legends at Sparks Marina plan development.
Danny Ray, senior planner, said the proposed four-story hotel would be 103,651 square feet with 199 rooms and reviewed materials, colors, landscape counts (70 trees on the site) and a parking analysis for the larger Legends area. "The proposed 4 story hotel would be... 103,651 square feet and 199 rooms," Ray told commissioners.
Ray told the commission that Legends has a shared parking supply and that the master developer's parking analysis indicates 6,105 spaces across the Legends site. He described trip-generation estimates and said sewer capacity is available for the development.
Commissioner Kramer and other commissioners identified an error in the project description and condition language that referenced a different address and multifamily uses; the commission recessed briefly while staff prepared amended language. After the correction, Commissioner Kramer moved to approve the amendment to CU24-003 (CU25-0016) limited to a hotel at 1407 Shields Drive and subject to 14 conditions of approval with the modified Condition 3; Commissioner Rodriguez Elkins seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Matt Larson, representing Baywood Hotels, answered questions about shared drives and property lines during the discussion, confirming access arrangements between the hotel and adjacent businesses.
The approval record notes the correction to limit approval to the hotel at 1407 Shields Drive and requires documentation of cross-access and utility easements as a condition of approval.
