City of Sunnyvale - File #: 17-0025

• File #: 17-0025
• Type: Report to Board/Commission
• Status: Passed
• Meeting Body: Planning Commission
• On agenda: 3/6/2017
• Title: Proposed Project: PEERY PARK PLAN REVIEW PERMIT to construct a 207,620-square foot, four-story corporate/research and development (R&D) office building and a 7-level, partially underground parking structure with attached ground floor retail of up to 4,000 square feet on a 4.4-acre site resulting in a total of 110% FAR. The project includes outdoor dining/recreation areas and a pedestrian/bicycle path for public use. File #: 2015-7256 Location: 520 Almanor Avenue (APNs 165-43-016, -017 and -018) Applicant / Owner: Lane Partners, LLC / Pace Properties Environmental Review: The project is exempt from additional CEQA review per CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c)(2) and (4) and Public Resources Code Section 21094(c). The project is within the scope of the Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR as no new environmental impacts are anticipated and no new mitigation measures are required. Project Planner: Rosemarie Zulueta, (408) 730-7437, rzulueta@sunnyvale.ca.gov
• Related files: 17-0303

REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION

SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: PEERY PARK PLAN REVIEW PERMIT to construct a 207,620-square foot, four-story corporate/research and development (R&D) office building and a 7-level, partially underground parking structure with attached ground floor retail of up to 4,000 square feet on a 4.4-acre site resulting in a total of 110% FAR. The project includes outdoor dining/recreation areas and a pedestrian/bicycle path for public use.
File #: 2015-7256
Location: 520 Almanor Avenue (APNs 165-43-016, -017 and -018)
Applicant / Owner: Lane Partners, LLC / Pace Properties
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from additional CEQA review per CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c)(2) and (4) and Public Resources Code Section 21094(c). The project is within the scope of the Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR as no new environmental impacts are anticipated and no new mitigation measures are required.
Project Planner: Rosemarie Zulueta, (408) 730-7437, rzulueta@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Peery Park Specific Plan
Zoning: Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP)
Subdistrict: Innovation Edge/Futures Site

Existing Site Conditions: One-story corporate/R&D office building
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Corporate/R&D Office in PPSP Innovation Edge/Futures Sites District
South: Hotel/Motel in PPSP Innovation Edge/Futures Sites District
East: Hotel/Motel (across Almanor Avenue and N. Mathilda Avenue) in PPSP Mixed Commercial Edge District
West: Corporate/R&D Office in PPSP Mixed Industry Core

Issues: Implementation of the Peery Park Specific Plan

Staff Recommendation: Recommend that the City Council make the required Findings to approve the CEQA determination that the project is within the scope of the Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and no additional environmental review is required; and approve the Peery Park Plan Review Permit subject to the PPSP Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program in At...