REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Split Zoning: Forward a Recommendation to the City Council to Introduce an Ordinance to Create Section 19.16.025 (Split-Zoned Parcels) of Chapter 19.16 (Precise Zoning Plans - Zoning Districts-Zoning Maps) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, and Find that the Action is Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Project Planner: Kelly Cha, (408) 730-7408, kcha@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
On December 6, 2016, the City Council approved a Single-Story Combining District for 59 properties in the R-1 Zoning District within the Fairbrae neighborhood (Planning File No. 16-1091). The City Council action included two other components in that action:
1) Direct staff to prepare a Zoning Code amendment to enable split zoning (two or more designations) on a single lot; and
2) Allow the three properties along Hollenbeck Avenue to have two zoning districts to create a buffer of a specified distance from the newly established single-story district.
This report addresses the enabling legislation for split zoning; the buffer study is being considered as a separate item (File No. 17-0626).
The City Council is scheduled to consider this item with the buffer study on September 12, 2017.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy Legislative Management-Goals and Policies
POLICY 7.3B.3 Prepare and update ordinances to reflect current community issues and concerns in compliance with state and federal laws.
Land Use and Transportation Element of the General Plan
POLICY 51: Enforce design review guidelines and zoning standards that ensure the mass and scale of new structures are compatible with adjacent structures, and also recognize the City's vision of the future for transition areas such as neighborhood Village Centers and El Camino Real nodes.
POLICY 97: Prepare specific area plans and special zoning tools (including but not limited to specific plans, precise plans, design guidelines, specialized zoning, and sense of ...
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