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Council approves Porsche dealership plan development zone with conditions, sound wall and tree mitigation
Summary
Walnut Creek—'s City Council voted unanimously to adopt a Class 32 CEQA infill exemption and introduce a plan-development rezoning to allow a three-level Porsche dealership at North Main Street and 2nd Avenue, approving design review, tree removal permits and sign exceptions while requiring neighborhood mitigations including an 8-foot CMU sound wall, lighting controls and wayfinding to deter right turns onto 2nd Avenue.
The Walnut Creek City Council approved on March 3 a planned development rezoning and related entitlements to allow a modernized Porsche dealership at the corner of North Main Street and 2nd Avenue.
Senior planner Simmer Gill told the council the project consolidates three parcels, would replace underutilized buildings, and proposes a new three-level dealership with basement and rooftop vehicle storage. The project requests a plan development (PD) rezoning, design review, a Class 32 CEQA infill exemption, a tree removal permit for 19 on-site trees (15 recommended for removal by the city's consulting arborist; four remain subject to council decision), a tree drip-line encroachment permit and sign-ordinance exceptions for increased wall and monument signage.
Applicant developer Steven Scanlon and architect James Spence described the…
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