REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Consideration of an application for a 6.4-acre site:
MOFFETT PARK-SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to allow expansion of an existing 173-room hotel through partial demolition and construction of a new 11-story tower resulting in a total of 358 rooms, new meeting areas, spa facility, restaurants and bars; and a new 3-level parking structure.
Location: 1100 N. Mathilda Ave. (APN:110-27-025)
File #: 2017-8044
Zoning: MP-C (Moffett Park - Commercial)
Applicant / Owner: DoveHill Capital Management LLC (applicant) / S of-X Sunnyvale Owner LP (owner)
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Sh?tal Divatia, (408) 730-7637, sdivatia@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Moffett Park
Existing Site Conditions: 173-room hotel and restaurant with surface parking
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Office R&D (Moffett Place)
South: Off-ramp from SR 237 (across Moffett Park Drive)
East: Office R&D (across Bordeaux Drive)
West: Foothill College - Sunnyvale Center (former Onizuka Airbase) (across Mathilda Avenue)
Issues: Traffic and design
Staff Recommendation: Make the findings required by CEQA in Attachment 3, adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration; approve the Moffett Park - Special Development Permit based on the findings in Attachment 3 and subject to the recommended conditions of approval in Attachment 4
BACKGROUND
Previous Approval: An expansion project for this site was approved in 2014 but was not built. The new property owners are proposing this project, which is significantly different from the previously approved project and is considered a new project that requires approval from the Planning Commission.
Planning Commission Study Session: The proposed site and architectural design was presented to the Planning Commission at a Study Session on September 24, 2018. The Commission had generally positive comments on the architectural design of the project.
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