REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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File #: 2015-7576
Location: 1250 Lakeside Drive (APNs: 216-43-035 and -036)
Zoning: LSP
Proposed Project: Related LAKESIDE SPECIFIC PLAN applications on an 8.83-acre site:
SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT: to revise the land use configuration, increase the height allowance, and make other miscellaneous updates.
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: for development of an existing vacant site with two new buildings and associated site improvements - a six-story, 263-room hotel with an attached 3,000 sq. ft. restaurant and an attached three-level above grade parking structure; and a five-story, 250-unit apartment building over a two-level, above-grade podium parking garage
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP: to subdivide the site into two - with a lot for each land use.
Applicant / Owner: Sunnyvale Partners, Ltd (applicant) / Aircoa Equity Interests, Inc. (owner)
Environmental Review: Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
Project Planner: George Schroeder, (408) 730-7443, gschroeder@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Lakeside Specific Plan
Zoning: Lakeside Specific Plan
Existing Site Conditions: Vacant, formerly occupied by a 378-room hotel, demolished in 2006
Surrounding Land Uses:
North: US Highway 101 (Residential and hotel use north of 101)
South: Office uses and a restaurant
East: Extended stay hotel (Residence Inn - 232 rooms existing, 79 net new rooms approved but not built)
West: High density residential (709-unit Avalon Silicon Valley apartments)
Issues: Height, Land use orientation, Residential useable open space dimensions
Staff Recommendation: Recommend to City Council to Certify the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, Make the Findings Required by CEQA and Adopt the Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Program, Amend the Lakeside Specific Plan, and Approve the Special Development Permit and Tentative Parcel Map with conditions.
BACKGROUND
Lakeside Specific Plan/Previous Project Appr...
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