REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Related applications on three sites totaling 1.74 acres:
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT: Amend the General Plan land use designation from Commercial to either Medium Density (15-24 du/ac) or High Density (25-36 du/ac) Residential.
REZONE: Rezone from Neighborhood Business with a Planned Development combining district (C-1/PD) to either Medium Density Residential (R-3) or High Density Residential (R-4) with a Mixed Use (MU) and Planned Development (PD) combining district.
File #: 2022-7146
Location: 1313 South Wolfe Road (APNs 309-10-026 and 309-10-027) and 898 East Fremont Avenue (APN 309-10-015)
Current Zoning: C-1/PD (Neighborhood Business with a Planned Development combining district)
Applicant / Owner: 4Terra Investments (applicant)/Desmond Family Real Estate Limited Partner (Owner)
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Mary Jeyaprakash, (408) 730-7449, mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on April 22, 2024.
The Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of Alternative 1 (listed in the recommendation section of the report) with minor revisions to the Recommended Findings (Attachment 3), Draft Resolution (Attachment 4), and Draft Ordinance (Attachment 5) to state that environmental mitigation measures will be part of the conditions of approval of future development projects, not for the proposed General Plan Amendment and Rezoning. Two members of the public spoke in support of the item. Attachments 3, 4 and 5 have been updated to modify the language as recommended by the Planning Commission.
During the discussion, the Planning Commission asked questions on the feasibility and potential tenants of the commercial component; housing density options; reasons for the Planned Development combining district; soil contamination from gas station site; and future widening of Wolfe Road. See Attachment 12 ...
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