REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to allow replacement of an existing eight-foot tall chain-link with barbed wire perimeter fence with a new 13-foot tall chain-link with barbed wire fence and installation of a new eight-foot tall parking lot fencing and gates on 1111 Lockheed Martin parcel and installation of a new 13-foot tall chain-link with barbed wire fencing along the rear property line for the site at 1235 N. Mathilda Avenue.
Location: 1111 Lockheed Martin Way (110-44-007, 110-01-046) and 1235 N. Mathilda Avenue (110-02-015)
File #: PLNG-2023-0680
Zoning: MP-AC and MP-R (110-44-007), MP-E2 (110-01-046) and MP-1 (110-02-015)
Applicant / Owner: Gordon Prill, Inc. (applicant) / Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Cindy Hom, 408-730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
Lockheed Martin Space Corporation is a facility that is comprised of approximately 25 buildings on a 360-acre campus and is with the Moffett Park Specific Plan area. The Lockheed Martin campus has existed since 1957 and produces commercial and defense-related products. Due to National Defense requirements, the campus has always had a secured perimeter around the campus consisting of chain link fencing with a section of barbed wire on top.
Lockheed Martin shares part of its security perimeter with the adjacent Navy-owned Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant (NIROP) property at 1235 N. Mathilda Avenue. The Navy vacated the property with the intent to sell the property. As such, Lockheed Martin must upgrade the fencing that was previously considered inside the campus to their current standards.
Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Section 19.48.025 requires a Special Development Permit to allow front yard fences to exceed 6 feet in height and rear yard fenc...
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