REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
FILE #: 2016-7290
Location: 225 S. Taaffe Street (Block 18 of Downtown Specific Plan bounded by Mathilda, Washington, Sunnyvale and Iowa Avenues)
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to amend the Final Conditions of Approval for the Sunnyvale Town Center project, including: allowing rental housing units with a ground floor leasing office; allowing temporary parking lot and landscaping improvements at Redwood Square; adding allowable ground floor uses; clarifying the expiration of Special Development Permit design approvals; and updating conditions of approval to meet current City policies and standards pertaining to, but not limited to, public improvements, green building and affordable housing.
Applicant/Owner: STC Venture, LLC (applicant)/REDUS SVTC, LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: No additional environmental review is necessary; the proposed amendments to the Special Development Permit Final Conditions of Approval are within the scope of the previous environmental analysis for the Downtown Program Improvement Update, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2) and in addition are categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 and 15305.
Staff Contact: Hanson Hom, (408) 730-7450, hhom@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Downtown Specific Plan
Zoning: Downtown Specific Plan (DSP)
Existing Site Conditions: completed office buildings on Mathilda Avenue; partially completed residential/retail buildings; steel framing for future retail buildings; partially completed public parking structures and street improvements; and surface parking lots
Surrounding Land Uses
North: (across Washington Avenue) mixed-use developments and commercial businesses and restaurants on S. Murphy Avenue; (south side Washington Avenue) Macy's store
South: (across Iowa Avenue) commercial, office, and residential uses; (north side Iowa Avenue) Target store
East: (across ...
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