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Planning commission approves amended Ogden Drive condominium project, keeps six below‑market units
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 6–0 to approve an amendment to the previously approved Ogden Drive condominium project that reduces total units from 120 to 86, maintains six below‑market‑rate units, and preserves HABS-level historic documentation and an interpretive plaza as mitigation commitments.
The Burlingame Planning Commission on May 27 approved an amendment to the entitlements for a previously permitted condominium project at 1868–1870 Ogden Drive, reducing the approved unit count from 120 to 86 while retaining six below‑market‑rate (BMR) units and preserving the approved building envelope.
Staff said the amendment does not change the certified environmental impact report conclusions and that the supplemental analysis exempts the amendment from further CEQA review. The project retains community-benefit components described in the project conditions, including HABS-level (Historic American Buildings Survey) documentation and an interpretive program to display historical materials about Cesar Chavez and related labor events in a plaza area.
Mark Kaeseloop of CHS Development Group told the commission the revised unit mix produces more bedrooms overall (the project as amended has more total bedrooms than the original configuration) and that CHS would keep six BMR units even though the statute would allow fewer. Architect Toby Levy described how construction changes affected landscape area and explained certain structural decisions that altered private and common open-space allocations.
Commissioners pressed staff and the applicant on where the HABS documentation would be archived; staff and the applicant said the HABS deliverable would be provided to the city and offered to submit copies to state or regional repositories per the conditions (the resolution lists requirements to contact the Burlingame Historical Society and archival repositories). Commissioners also questioned whether the change in unit mix affected the city's RHNA obligations; staff said the amendment does not change the project's entitlement status and therefore does not alter state housing counts for the city.
A motion to approve the amended project per the staff report and resolution passed on a 6–0 roll call.
