REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2014-7602
Location: 688 Morse Avenue (APNs: 204-16-055)
Zoning: R-3
Proposed Project: APPEAL by the applicant of the Zoning Administrator's decision to deny a TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP & USE PERMIT to subdivide one lot into two lots and build two new two-story single-family homes totaling 2,877 s.f. each (including garage). VARIANCE to allow a shared zero-lot line side yard setback.
Applicant / Owner: Huijang Jaing (applicant) / Santa Cruz Capital LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: A Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Class 3 Categorical Exemptions includes construction of new construction of up to three single family homes (CEQA Section 15303 (a)).
Project Planner: Ryan Kuchenig, (408) 730-7431, rkuchenig@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Residential Medium Density
Existing Site Conditions: Single Family Residence
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Single-Family Residential
South: Apartments (Fourplex)
East: Single-Family Residential
West: School (Columbia Middle School)
Issues: Site Layout, Tree Preservation
Recommendation: Deny the Use Permit, Tentative Parcel Map, and Variance. If the Planning Commission grants the appeal and approves the Use Permit, Tentative Parcel Map, and Variance, the recommended Conditions of Approval are included in the Attachment 4.
BACKGROUND
On May 10, 2017, the Zoning Administrator considered the proposal for a Tentative Map, Use Permit, and Variance for a two-lot subdivision and construction of two attached two-story single family homes with zero-lot line side yard setbacks at 688 Morse Avenue. At the hearing, two residents requested to review the plans but did not provide comments. The Zoning Administrator took the project under advisement. On Friday, May 12, the Zoning Administrator denied the project noting that the project, as designed with two single family homes, is out of scale and too large f...
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