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File #: 18-0351   
Type: Report to Board/Commission Status: Passed
Meeting Body: Planning Commission
On agenda: 4/23/2018
Title: Proposed Project: SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to redevelop the Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park to a 62-unit townhouse development with associated site improvements (net increase of eight units); VESTING TENTATIVE MAP: to subdivide one lot into 62 lots and three common lots. Location: 617 E Evelyn Avenue (APN: 209-02-001) File #: 2017-7217 Zoning: R-3/PD - Medium Density Residential / Planned Development Applicant / Owner: East Dunne Investors, LLC (applicant)/Chien-Nan and Sue Chuang Trustee (owner) Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Attachments: 1. Noticing and Vicinity Map, 2. Project Data Table, 3. Recommended Findings, 4. Recommended Conditions of Approval, 5. Mitigated Negative Declaration, 6. Site and Architectural Plans, 7. Applicant's Project Description Letter, 8. Green Point Rated Checklist, 9. Transportation Demand Management Program
REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION

SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to redevelop the Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park to a 62-unit townhouse development with associated site improvements (net increase of eight units);
VESTING TENTATIVE MAP: to subdivide one lot into 62 lots and three common lots.
Location: 617 E Evelyn Avenue (APN: 209-02-001)
File #: 2017-7217
Zoning: R-3/PD - Medium Density Residential / Planned Development
Applicant / Owner: East Dunne Investors, LLC (applicant)/Chien-Nan and Sue Chuang Trustee (owner)
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Report
REPORT IN BRIEF

General Plan: Medium Density Residential
Zoning: R-3/PD - Medium Density Residential / Planned Development Combining District
Existing Site Conditions: Former Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park of 54 dwelling units
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Multi-family apartment complex
South: Retail commercial and multi-family residential development
East: Sunnyvale west channel (flood control) and multi-family residential development
West: Commercial and multi-family residential development
Issues: Land use compatibility and Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) deviations for front setback, height, and distances between buildings.

Staff Recommendation: Alternative 1: Make the findings required by CEQA in Attachment 3, adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, and approve the Special Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Map with the recommended findings in Attachment 3 and conditions of approval in Attachment 4.

BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The project site is 3.26 acres in size and is the former Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park. The applicant proposes a Special Development Permit and a Vesting Tentative Map application for the construction of 62 townhouses, one amenity building, and the creation of 62 residential lots and three common lots.

* Special Development Permit
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