REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
FILE #: 2014-8099
Location: 1111 Lockheed Martin Way, Lots 2 and 4 (APN 110-01-036 and 110-01-038)
Proposed Project:
MOFFETT PARK SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT INITIATION Request to study a land use change in the Moffett Park Specific Plan from Moffett Park General Industrial (MP-I) to Moffett Park Transit Oriented Development (MP-TOD) to increase the allowable development intensity from maximum 60 percent Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to maximum 80 percent FAR with green building incentives.
Applicant/Owner: Jay Paul Company/Lockheed Martin Corporation
Project Planner: Hanson Hom (408) 730-7450, hhom@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
General Plan Amendment Initiation (GPI) requests are heard on a quarterly basis through a recommendation from the Planning Commission and then action by the City Council. A Specific Plan amendment is processed in the same manner as a General Plan amendment. The process for considering a General Plan or Specific Plan amendment begins with a written request from a property owner or applicant. If the Council approves the GPI, a formal application for a General Plan Amendment (GPA) can be filed by the property owner/applicant. While staff is processing the GPA application, the applicant may also file a project application and related items as applicable for concurrent processing. However, the City Council would need to approve the GPA before the project could be scheduled for a Planning Commission hearing.
Staff received a GPI request from Jay Paul Company (Applicant) on December 18, 2014 (see Attachment 1) to change the Specific Plan designation for two Moffett Park parcels totaling 47.4 acres from Moffett Park General Industrial (MP-I) to Moffett Park Transit Oriented Development (MP-TOD). As noted in Attachment 2, the two parcels currently contain 924,347 square feet of building space, which is a floor area ratio (FAR) of approximately 44.8 percent. Surrounding land uses include Applicant's ...
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