REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Proposed Project: Related applications on a 15.6-acre site:
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT: Introduction of an Ordinance Approving and Adopting the First Amendment to the Development Agreement between the City of Sunnyvale and Intuitive Surgical Inc.
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: Modify Special Development Permit (2019-7557) pertaining to 945 - 955 Kifer Road (North Site) of the Intuitive Surgical corporate campus to add an internal courtyard and reduce total building area by 6,000 square feet (from 364,000 to 358,000 square feet), relocate the previously-approved underground parking to a new above-ground structure on an adjacent site at 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara, CA (APN 205-39-028), modify the design of the pedestrian bridge connecting the north and south sites, and other minor building and site modifications.
Location: 945 - 955 Kifer Road (APNs: 205-40-001, 205-40-002) and City of Santa Clara APN 205-39-028.
File #: 2022-7369
Zoning: M-S/LSAP 60% (Lawrence Station Area Plan Industrial and Service Zoning District 60% Floor Area Ratio)
Applicant / Owner: Steve Riley (applicant) / Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (owner)
Environmental Review: An Environmental Checklist/Addendum to the Lawrence Station Area Plan Update/Intuitive Surgical Corporate Campus Project Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been prepared for the Intuitive North Site Modification Project in compliance with California Environmental Quality Act provisions.
Project Planner: Julia Klein, (408) 730-7463, jklein@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Industrial
Existing Site Conditions: 945-955 Kifer Road (north site): Private open space for company employee use.
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Industrial (across Central Expressway)
South: Industrial (between Kifer Rd and the railroad tracks) and Multi-family residential (across the railroad tracks)
East: Industrial (in the City of Santa Clara)
West: Industrial
Issues: Park...
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