REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Appeal by the Applicant of a decision by the Planning Commission to deny:
PEERY PARK SPECIFIC PLAN CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: to consider a high school for 400 students (Summit School). The project includes interior and exterior improvements of an existing industrial building for an educational use, the installation of a tri-level mechanical lift parking structure in the rear serving 22 parking spaces, and a request for adjustment to the minimum parking requirements.
Location: 824 San Aleso Avenue (APN: 204-02-006)
File #: 2017-7986
Zoning: PPSP-NT - Peery Park Specific Plan - Neighborhood Transition
Applicant / Owner: Artik Art & Architecture (applicant) / 824 San Aleso, LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from additional CEQA review per CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c)(2) and (4) and Public Resources Code Section 21094(c). The project is within the scope of the Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR as no new environmental impacts are anticipated and no new mitigation measures are required.
Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Peery Park Specific Plan Conditional Use Permit was considered by the Planning Commission on December 10, 2018 (see Attachment 15 of this report). Minutes of the Planning Commission public hearing can be found in Attachment 16. The Planning Commission denied the project on a 4-3 vote.
APPEAL
On December 21, 2018, the Applicant appealed the Planning Commission decision. The letter of appeal is included as Attachment 19 and includes the following reasons for the appeal:
1. The Project, as a proposed educational use, is compatible with the surrounding residential uses and envisioned in the PPSP-NT zoning.
2. The Project is consistent with the PPSP and the findings required for the CUP.
3. The Project will enhance and update an existing industrial building.
4. The Project will increase land...
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