REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Introduce an Ordinance to Rezone two lots from R-1 (Low Density Residential) to R-0 (Low Density Residential).
File #: 2018-7309
Location: 932 Eleanor Way and 1358 Hampton Drive (APNs: 313-01-033, 313-01-034)
Zoning: R-1
Applicant / Owner: Cyrus Fakhari (applicant and owner)
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Project Planner: Sh?tal Divatia, (408) 730-7637, sdivatia@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on July 23, 2018.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend to City Council that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and deny the Rezone for the two parcels from R-1 (Low Density Residential) to R-0 (Low Density Residential). The vote was 6-1, with Commissioner Howe dissenting. The Planning Commission noted that this large-lot neighborhood provides a diversity in housing types in Sunnyvale and is in keeping with the 1996 rezoning of this neighborhood by City Council. The Commission noted that in the absence of a larger, comprehensive study for increasing housing density, the proposed rezone of these two lots could be considered spot zoning. Planning Commission Public Hearing minutes are in Attachment 10 to the report.
Staff consulted with the Office of the City Attorney after the Planning Commission meeting and the City Attorney has opined that the proposed rezoning would not constitute illegal spot zoning.
Public Comment letters are 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 P...
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