REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2015-7686
Location: 830 E. El Camino Real (APN: 211-25-046)
Zoning: Highway Business/ Precise Plan for El Camino Real (C-2/ECR)
Proposed Project: Related applications on a 1.49-acre site:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: To allow the demolition of an existing one-story vacant restaurant (previously Crazy Buffet) and construction of a new 131-room, four story hotel over one level of underground parking, including associated site improvements.
VARIANCE: To allow shading of an adjacent roof by more than 10%
Applicant / Owner: Sunnyvale HHG Hotel Development, LP (applicant)/ Tara Kumar Trustee (owner)
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Cindy Hom, (408) 730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Highway Business
Existing Site Conditions: The subject site is developed with a 9,130 square foot, one-story restaurant building with surface parking and landscaping.
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Commercial service and retail buildings including Corporate Inn Hotel, O'Reilly Automotive, Hacienda Shopping Center and Enterprise Car Rental Agency.
South: Single family and multi-family residential buildings
East: Commercial service and retail buildings including Ocean Motors, Believe Board Shop, and Sunnyvale Soccer Camp.
West: Commercial service and retail building including Panda Express and Walgreens.
Issues: Architecture, Compatibility, Solar Variance
Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Special Development Permit with the Conditions of Approval in Attachment 4 and deny the Variance.
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The project entails the demolition of a vacant restaurant building, various site improvements and removal of 34 existing trees to allow for the construction of a new four-story hotel with 131 rooms and an underground parking garage on a 1.49 acre parcel. The proposed hotel structure provides appro...
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