REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP to subdivide one parcel into two lots.
Location: 1027 W. El Camino Real (APN 161-41-009)
File #: PLNG-2025-0122
Zoning: ECR-MU42
Applicant / Owner: Tyler Whaley / Dubrovnik Properties, LLC
Environmental Review: Class 15 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
In September 2024, the Planning Commission approved a Special Development Permit (SDP) for the construction of a six-story mixed-use senior housing building and a three-story convalescent hospital on a 2.42-acre site. The senior housing building will feature 12,232 square feet of commercial space, 113 independent living units, and 36 assisted living units. The convalescent hospital is approximately 72,000 square feet in floor area and provides a capacity of 52 beds for patient care.
The SDP included a deviation from the required ground-floor commercial. The project provides 12,232 square feet, where a minimum of 20,000 square feet is required. The project also includes a parking adjustment for the commercial component of the senior living building to provide 49 parking spaces, where a minimum of 59 spaces is required.
The project provides 17 below-market rate units as required by the City's Below Market Rate Inclusionary Zoning requirements specified in Chapter 19.77. Additionally, the project utilized the El Camino Real Specific Plan (ECRSP) Community Benefits and Incentives Program, which allows property owners to develop their properties beyond the base maximum density in exchange for providing community benefits that advance the goals of the ECRSP. The project obtained a density bonus of six additional dwelling units per acre, which brings the total allowable residential density to 48 units per acre.
Since the SDP approval in September 2024, the former ...
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