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Gatewood Plaza proposal draws pushback from staff and questions from council over density, RPA and parking
Summary
A developer—or Gatewood Plaza (10201 Fairfax Boulevard) proposed a seven-story, 307-unit mixed-use project with underground parking and a fiscal analysis projecting a net $10 million fiscal benefit over 10 years; staff said the submission conflicts with current comprehensive-plan place types and flagged major exceptions for height, density and resource-protection-area (RPA) encroachment, prompting council to ask for a policy step back and more analysis.
City staff and the applicant presented competing assessments of a redevelopment proposal for Gatewood Plaza at 10201 Fairfax Boulevard. Planning staff said the application requests a zoning map amendment, comprehensive-plan amendment, a special use permit for upper-story residential mixed uses and nine special exceptions to allow an 85-foot, seven-story building with 307 dwelling units (roughly 111 dwelling units per acre), encroachments into required yards and resource-protection areas, and a parking reduction (417 proposed spaces vs. 676 required).
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