REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
USE PERMIT to allow a community-serving place of assembly for Buddhist Community Center in the Industrial and Service/Places of Assembly (M-S/POA) zoning district.
Location: 1211 E. Arques Avenue (APNs: 216-44-116 and -117)
File #: PLNG-2024-0463
Zoning: M-S/POA (Industrial and Service/Places of Assembly)
Applicant / Owner: Evan Sockalosky (applicant) / 1211 E. Arques LP (owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Wendy Lao, 408-730-7408, wlao@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
The project site consists of two parcels that are currently developed with a 20,287 square-foot commercial building (formerly 24-Hour Fitness), surface parking, and mature landscaping along the street frontages and throughout the site. The project area is 1.79 acres in size, located at the northeast corner of Lawrence Expressway and E. Arques Avenue. There is a shopping center to the north, an office building to the east, and shopping centers across Lawrence Expressway to the west and across E. Arques Avenue to the south.
The project site is zoned Industrial and Service with Places of Assembly combining district and located in the Industrial General Plan land use designation. Surrounding land uses include various commercial and industrial buildings. Multi-family residential homes as well as U.S. Highway 101 are located further north of the project site.
Description of Proposed Project
The proposed project includes a request to allow a community-serving place of assembly for Buddhist Community Center in the existing building. As described in the Project Description Letter (Attachment 5), the center would offer religious services and activities within the building premises. The proposed use would occupy approximately 15,712 square feet of the existing building. The remaining 4,688 square feet would ...
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