REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2015-7756
Location: 803 W El Camino Real (APN: 165-01-029, 042, and 043)
Zoning: C-2 / ECR (Highway Business / El Camino Real Precise Plan)
Proposed Project: Related applications on a 2.59-acre site:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT for a mixed use development on a 2.97 acre site with 49 residential units (40 apartments + 8 attached single family homes + 1 detached single family home), approximately 5,662 square feet of commercial space, and expansion of the adjacent Grand Hotel (51 rooms)
VESTING TENTATIVE MAP to subdivide the 3 existing lots into 11 separate lots. A condominium map is requested for lot #11.
Applicant / Owner: De Anza Properties (applicant) / Pastoria El Camino Partnership (owner)
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Ryan Kuchenig, (408) 730-7431, rkuchenig@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Commercial General Business
Existing Site Conditions: Fast Food Restaurant, Shopping Center, & Seasonal Retail Use
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Single Family Residential across W. Olive Ave
South: Shopping Center across W. El Camino Real
East: Public Facility - Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
West: Grand Hotel
Issues: Visual & Setbacks
Staff Recommendation: Make the Findings Required by CEQA and Approve the Special Development Permit and Tentative Maps with conditions.
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The proposed project consists of the demolition of an approximately 23,000 square foot, one and two-story multi-tenant retail and office building and a 3,000 square foot fast food restaurant building and construct a four-story mixed use retail/office and residential building consisting of 40 apartment units and approximately 5,600 square feet of commercial space. The project also consists of constructing nine single family homes (four attached "duets" and one detached unit) and a hotel annex building (51 roo...
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