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PlanningBoard | 2011-03-28 | 2 | slip for that item. None 9. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS: 9-A PLN11-0023 - 1533 Webster Street - Qingyi Huang. Proposed beauty salon, including retail and massage, within an existing 5,000 square foot commercial space. The proposed business would include approximately 17 stations and four wax and facial rooms. The proposed hours of operation are 9 am to 8 pm. Brian Stanke, Planner, gave an overview of the application. He stated that the applicant has run a salon in the Marina Village Shopping Center for over eight years and has an established clientele. The item was originally brought to the Zoning Administrator for a hearing, but just before the hearing a petition was presented with the signatures of 48 business owners, workers, and residents along Webster Street opposed to the project At the hearing several residents and business people spoke against the proposed beauty salon and called for a moratorium on new beauty salons along Webster Street. The Zoning Administrator found that the project was a matter of general public concern and that a question of city policy was being raised by those opposed to the project. Therefore the Zoning Administrator referred the application to the Planning Board. The Planning Board then passed a motion to hear both of the items together due to the similarities of the applications. It was also moved to combine the public speaker's once the items are discussed. 9-B PLN11-0034 - 1509 Webster Street - Ling & Eddie Siu. Proposed hairstyling and beauty salon within an existing 1,250 square foot commercial space. The proposed business would include approximately six stations and the proposed hours of operation would be 9 am to 8 pm. Mr. Stanke gave an overview of the application. He stated that the proposed Use Permit would permit the applicants, Ling Siu and Eddie Siu, to relocate there existing beauty Salon business from Oakland's Chinatown to Webster Street in Alameda to a space that is currently vacant. The Sius have run their beauty salon at its current location, for over ten years and have an established clientele. Mr. Stanke mentioned that the Webster Street Commercial District currently has approximately 14 vacant commercial spaces. Multiple empty storefronts do have a deleterious effect on a business district. Vacant store fronts reduce the number of people visiting the shopping area and patronizing existing stores. From staff's perspective, filling vacant storefronts is essential to maintaining the vitality of a business district. The motion was made and moved to open the Public Hearing on both items and shorten the speaker time to 3 minutes. President Ezzy Ashcraft opened the public comment period. APPROVED MEETING MINUTES 2 of 9 PLANNING BOARD 3/28/2011 | PlanningBoard/2011-03-28.pdf |