REPORT TO THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
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File #: 2015-7302
Location: 221 North Mathilda Avenue (APN: 165-27-010)
Applicant / Owner: Spear Street Capital
Proposed Project:
RESOURCE ALTERATION PERMIT to a Sunnyvale Heritage Resource for the former Mellow's Nursery site to allow alteration of the setting with redevelopment of the site with a three-story, office building with a four level parking structure. The project includes relocation, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the historic house on a reduced area of the site in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Reason for Permit: A Resource Alteration Permit is required to allow changes to the exterior appearance of a heritage resource through relocation, alteration, construction and/or demolition.
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from additional CEQA review per CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c)(2), (3) and (4). The project is within the scope of the Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR. The environmental impacts associated with the proposed development are adequately addressed and analyzed in the Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR and/or can be substantially mitigated with the imposition of uniformly applied development policies and standards.
Recommendation: Approve the Resource Alteration Permit that incorporates mitigation measures identified in the certified Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR.
Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant's proposal includes redevelopment of a 4.3-acre former plant nursery site with a 3-story commercial office building totaling 144,264 square feet in floor area (80% FAR) and a 4-story parking structure with partial sub-grade parking. As part of the project the applicant will also facilitate the restoration and adaptive reuse of a 1,252-square foot historic house on site.
The project includes the demolition of ...
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