REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Title
File #: 2017-7137
Location: 150 Lawrence Station Road (APN: 216-27-052)
Applicant / Owner: Costco Wholesale (applicant) / Price Company (owner)
Proposed Project:
USE PERMIT to allow expansion of the existing Costco Gasoline facility by addition of 10 fueling position to the existing 20 fueling position and expand the existing fuel canopy by 5,652 square feet, resulting in a total of 10,676 square feet area.
Reason for Permit: A Use Permit is required to allow modification to the existing Use Permit (2013-7013) for the site. Existing uses are continued to be allowed by the Lawrence Station Area Plan (LSAP).
Project Planner: Aastha Vashist, (408) 730-7458, avashist@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Issues: Parking and circulation
Recommendation: Approve with conditions
Report
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Zoning District:
Flexible Mixed-Use I (MXD-I)/ Lawrence Station Area Plan (LSAP)
Existing
Gasoline Facility and Retail store
Proposed
Same
Previous Planning Projects related to Subject Application:
Use Permit #2013-7053 and MPP #2013-7983
To allow expansion of the gasoline facility by addition of 4 fueling positions resulting in a total of 20 fueling positions. The Miscellaneous Planning Permit (MPP) allowed minor modification to the approved Use Permit which included revised site plan, canopy size, stormwater management plan, parking lot layout, and landscaping plan.
Yes
Neighborhood Preservation Complaint
No active complaints
Deviations from Standard Zoning Requirements
No
The proposed Costco Gasoline Station expansion project includes the addition of 10 fueling positions to the existing 20 fueling positions and expansion of the fuel canopy from 5,024 square feet to 10,676 square feet at the southwest corner of the site. The expansion also includes new bio-retention areas, parking, new controller enclosure and landscaping modifications.
Automobile service stations are not a permitted use within the recently adopted LSAP. However, one...
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