REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: PEERY PARK PLAN REVIEW PERMIT to allow a 150,651 square foot four-story office/R&D building and a detached six-level with partial underground parking structure, resulting in 100% FAR, in the Peery Park Specific Plan area. The project includes a 2,500 square foot retail space on the ground floor.
File #: 2015-8110
Location: 675 Almanor Ave. (APNs: 165-44-006 165-44-012)
Applicant / Owner: Chang Architecture/Almanor Ventures LLC
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: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
General Plan: Peery Park (PP)
Zoning: Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP)
Subdistrict: Innovation Edge/Activity Center Overlay (IEAC)
Existing Site Conditions: Two-story corporate/R&D office building
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Vacant lot in PPSP Innovation Edge/Activity Center Overlay/Futures Site
South: Office/R&D in PPSP Mixed Industry Core
East: Office/R&D in PPSP Innovation Edge/Activity Center Overlay/Futures Site
West: Office/R&D in PPSP Innovation Edge/Activity Center Overlay
Issues: Implementation of the Peery Park Specific Plan
Staff Recommendation: Recommend that the City Council make the required Findings to approve the California Environmental Quality Act 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 Attachment 7 and recommended conditions of approval set forth in Attachment 5.
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Proje...
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