REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 05/01/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2023-0017 TO ESTABLISH A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN AN EXISTING 44,800 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 2115 COMPTON AVENUE (APN: 278-060-035) IN THE COMMERCIAL (C) DISTRICT OF THE EL CERRITO SPECIFIC PLAN (APPLICANT: RIVER SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOLS) (NOT AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to affirm the decision by the Planning and Housing Commission in granting Conditional Use Permit 2023-0017 (CUP2023-0017) to establish a charter school within an existing building located at 2115 Compton Avenue in the Commercial (C) District of the El Cerrito Specific Plan. The charter school will occupy a three story, 44,800 square foot building and provide education to transitional kindergarten, middle school, and high school students. The charter school provides a hybrid schedule that supports classroom and on-line learning.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council affirm the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting CUP2023-0017, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
CUP2023-0017 is an application by River Springs Charter Schools to establish a charter school within an existing 44,800 square foot, three-story office building located at 2115 Compton Avenue. The property is zoned Commercial per the El Cerrito Specific Plan. Currently, the Commercial District does not permit schools for general education. For the applicant to establish a charter school at 2115 Compton Avenue, the applicant is processing a concurrent amendment to the El Cerrito Specific Plan, SPA2023-0001, to add an educational school as part of the permitted land uses list of the Commercial District by a CUP.
River Springs Charter School has been oper...
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