REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
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 California Environmental Quality Act (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.
Report
Project Planner: Rosemarie Zulueta, (408) 730-7437, rzulueta@sunnyvale.ca.gov
SUMMARY OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on March 6, 2017.
At the beginning of the Planning Commission hearing on this item, staff provided minor corrections to three attachments of the staff report: Standard Requirements and Recommended Conditions of Approval (Attachment 5), CEQA Checklist for Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Compliance (Attachment 6) and the PPSP EIR - Mitigation Monitoring and Report Program (MMRP) for Project (Attachment 7). The Planning Commission accepted the staff revisions to Attachments 5, 6 and 7.
Staff clarified that the trees proposed for removal are either liquidambar trees or within the proposed building footprints, and that staff has included a condition of approval requiring these trees be replaced per the City's current Tree Replacement Policy. The public sidewalks will meander along the street frontages to preserve ...
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