REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Single-Story Combining District Buffer Study: Introduce an Ordinance to Rezone a 50-foot wide area along the rear (eastern) property lines of 696 Sheraton Drive (APN 202-09-020), 1158 Hollenbeck Avenue (APN 202-09-019), and 1160 Hollenbeck Avenue (APN 202-09-018), and a 20-foot wide area along the side (southern) property line of 1160 Hollenbeck Avenue (APN 202-09-018) from Low Density Residential Zoning District (R-1) to Low Density Residential Zoning District/Single-Story Combining District (R-1/S), and Find that the Action is Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15305 and 15061(b)(3)
Report
Project Planner: Kelly Cha, (408) 730-7408, kcha@sunnyvale.ca.gov
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on August 28, 2017 after a continuance from the August 14, 2017 meeting. Several people spoke on the item, in favor and opposed to the subject rezoning.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend to City Council Alternatives 5 and 6: Do not rezone the three properties at 696 Sheraton Drive,1158 Hollenbeck Avenue, and 1160 Hollenbeck Avenue, and make no changes to zoning district boundaries; and Find that the Action is Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15305 and 15061(b)(3). The vote was 4-0 (with Commissioners Howard, Simon, and Weiss absent).
Staff received a comment letter from the public after the Planning Commission report was finalized. This letter is provided in Attachment 11 to the report.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Rezone 50 feet of the rear properties at 696 Sheraton Drive, 1158 Hollenbeck Avenue and 1160 Hollenbe...
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