REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2016-7521
Location: 1120 Innovation Way (APNs: 110-27-027, 110-27-038)
Zoning: Moffett Park General Industrial (MP-1)
Proposed Project: Consideration of an application on a 1.65-acre site.
MOFFETT PARK SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to redevelop a former Fire Station site and portion of the Onizuka Air Force Station property into a 180-room, seven-story hotel with surface and underground parking.
Applicant / Owner: DES Architects/ Moffett Park LLC
Environmental Review: Mitigated/Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Margaret Netto, (408) 730-7628 mnetto@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Moffett Park Specific Plan
Existing Site Conditions: Vacant (former Fire Station)
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Office
South: Office
East: Office
West: Office
Issues: Architecture and Traffic
Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Special Development Permit with the Conditions of Approval in Attachment 4.
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The project includes demolition of the former fire station building and improvements and construction of a new 7-story hotel. The hotel is proposed to be 113,550 square feet with a height of 100 feet from the top of the street curb to the top of the mechanical screen. One-hundred eighty-five total parking stalls are provided, with 59 surface spaces including 16 electric vehicle parking spaces and 126 underground parking spaces. There are seven trees to be removed, six are considered protected trees.
Vehicular and pedestrian access to the hotel area would be from Innovation Way. Access to the underground garage and the surface parking would be on the north side of the proposed hotel building from Innovation Way. Emergency access and garbage truck access is also from Innovation Way. The project includes private sidewalks surrounding the hotel, with connections to the existing public sidewalks on Mathilda Avenue and Innov...
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