REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: General Plan Amendment Initiation request to study changing the General Plan from Public Facility (P-F) to Medium Density Residential.
File #: 2018-7040
Location: 1050 West Remington Drive (APN: 202-26-007)
Zoning: P-F
Applicant / Owner: Catalyst Development Partners (applicant) / Church of Christ of Sunnyvale (owner)
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(a).
Project Planner: Aastha Vashist, (408) 730-7458, avashist@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
A study was conducted in 2007 (RTC No. 2007-0271) to consider whether to preserve properties with place of assembly uses by rezoning those properties to the Public Facility (PF) zoning district if they met specific size, location and site specific considerations. The City Council study and rezoning ordinance was adopted on September 28, 2007 with the aim of preserving locational opportunities for place of assembly uses on sites that are compatible with their neighborhood. Council approved the staff recommendation and rezoned eleven residentially-zoned properties, all 1.5 acres or greater in size (including the subject property) to Public Facilities zoning district. As part of the adoption of the Land Use and Transportation Chapter of the General Plan in 2017, the General Plan land use map designation for these sites was changed to Public Facility. Refer to Attachment 7 for the rezoning study Report to Council and Attachment 8 for the rezoning ordinance.
PROCESS
General Plan Amendment Initiation (GPI) requests are heard on a quarterly basis through a recommendation from the Planning Commission and then action by the City Council. The process for considering a General Plan amendment begins with a written request from a property owner or applicant. If City Council approves the GPI, a formal application for a General Plan Amendment (GPA) can be filed by...
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