REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2014-7659
Location: 590 W. El Camino Real (APNs: 201-22-006)
Zoning: C-2 (Highway Business Commercial/Precise Plan for El Camino Real)
Proposed Project: Related applications on a 0.55-acre site:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to redevelop a vacated site with an existing 2,675-square foot commercial building to a five-story hotel with 85 guest rooms with underground parking.
Applicant / Owner: Degan Development
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Margaret Netto, (408) 730-1221, mnetto@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Mixed Use Corridor
Existing Site Conditions: Vacant commercial building
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Public Facility (City of Sunnyvale city offices across El Camino Real)
West: Highway Business (Marriot Hotel)
East: Highway Business (Chick-fil-A restaurant)
South: Highway Business (Multi-family residential)
Issues: Architecture, Compatibility and Noise
Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Special Development Permit with the Conditions of Approval in Attachment 4.
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The project includes demolition of a one-story commercial building and construction of a new 5-story hotel. The hotel is proposed at 53,538 square feet with a height of 59'-10" feet from the top of the street curb to the top of the building parapet. Sixty-eight total parking stalls are provided, with 25 surface spaces including 5 electric vehicle parking spaces and 43 underground parking spaces. There is one existing tree on-site to be retained and five Palm trees located in an easement along Raines Terrace to remain.
Vehicular access to the hotel garage and surface parking would be on the north side of the building from El Camino Real. Emergency access and garbage truck access is from Raines Terrace (private drive). The project includes sidewalks surrounding the hotel, with connections to the...
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