REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
USE PERMIT to allow a catering company with ancillary restaurant use and general liqueur service (Handheld Catering) to operate in the Industrial and Service (M-S) zoning district.
Location: 1220 Oakmead Parkway (APN: 216-44-048)
File #: PLNG-2025-0058
Zoning: M-S (Industrial and Service)
Applicant / Owner: Allie Kallish, Christopher Hall (applicants) / BPR Properties UCSC, LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Gabriela Ventura, (408) 730-7407, gventura@sunnyvale.ca.gov.
Report
BACKGROUND
The project site consists of one parcel that is currently developed with a 5,536 square-foot commercial building (formerly Round Table Pizza), surface parking, and mature landscaping along the street frontages and throughout the site. The project area is 0.93 acres in size, located at the northeast corner of Oakmead Parkway and Lakeside Drive. There is an apartment complex to the north directly across Oakmead Parkway, and office buildings to the east, west, and south of the project site. The project site is zoned M-S (Industrial and Service) and located in the Industrial General Plan land use designation.
Description of Proposed Project
The proposed project includes a request to allow a catering service that includes a restaurant space offering alcohol service. As described in the Project Description Letter (Attachment 5), the catering business is relocating to the tenant space to expand their business in Sunnyvale. No significant exterior changes to the existing building are proposed, aside from the addition of a loading door on the southern elevation. The restaurant space will also host typical restaurant-related events. A use permit is also required in the M-S zoning district due to the ancillary alcohol service to the general public according to Sunnyvale Municipal Code (...
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