REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Title
File #: 2016-7361
Location: 520 Lawrence Expressway (APN: 216-44-119)
Applicant / Owner: Silicon Valley Escape Room Design, LLC / Lawrence Commercial Center, LLC.
Proposed Project:
USE PERMIT to allow for a recreation and enrichment use (Room Escape Game) within a vacant tenant space within an existing commercial center.
Reason for Permit: A Use Permit is required for recreation and enrichment uses in the M-S/POA Zoning District.
Project Planner: Cindy Hom, (408) 730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Issues: Parking
Recommendation: Approve with conditions
Report
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to allow for the operation of a 1,201 square foot recreation and enrichment facility within the Lawrence Commercial Center located at the southeast corner of the intersection at Lawrence Expressway and Titan Way. The project is situated on a 3.72 acre site developed with three multi-tenant commercial buildings and various site improvements.
The Sunnyvale General Plan designates the site as Industry. The property is zoned as Industrial and Service (M-S) with the Places of Assembly (POA) Combining District. Surrounding land uses includes industrial buildings and uses to the east and other commercial service and retail buildings and uses to south, west and north. The proposed recreation and enrichment use is a conditionally permitted use in the M-S/POA zone and requires a Use Permit that is approved by the Zoning Administrator.
The project consists of minor interior tenant improvements to allow for a recreation and enrichment facility that offers team-based intellectual games and activities for school age children and adults. The proposed "Room Escape Game" facility offers customers a "game" activity where patrons in groups are 'locked' in specially designed rooms and must use clues and puzzles to find their way out within a certain amount of time. The proposed facility accommodates a group of 6 ...
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