REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2016-8065
Location: 1139 Karlstad Drive (APN: 110-14-197)
Zoning: R-4/PD
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: To demolish an existing 100,517 sq. ft. one-story industrial building and construct a four-story, 250-unit residential apartment building above a podium parking structure. The project proposes a State affordable housing and green building density bonus and includes 20 very low-income units.
Applicant / Owner: The Sobrato Organization (applicant/owner)
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: George Schroeder, (408) 730-7443, gschroeder@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: High Density Residential
Zoning: R-4/PD
Existing Site Conditions: One-story industrial building (currently occupied by Aixtron)
Surrounding Land Uses:
North: Three-story townhomes
South: Industrial (unoccupied data center, approved to be redeveloped to 18 three-story townhomes) and three-story townhomes
East: Three-story townhomes across Karlstad Drive
West: Three-story apartments and three-story townhomes
Issues: State Density Bonus Concessions for reductions to minimum individual lockable storage and useable open space requirements; and a Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Deviation for increased dwelling unit distance to trash enclosures.
Staff Recommendation: Alternative 1: Make the findings required by CEQA in Attachment 3, adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Special Development Permit with the recommended findings in Attachment 3 and conditions of approval in Attachment 4.
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The applicant proposes the complete demolition of an existing 100,517 square foot industrial building and construction of a four-story, 250-unit rental apartment building above a one-level podium parking structure and associated on-site and off-site improvements. Twenty of the units would be reserved for very-low income households (50% of...
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