REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to consider a change of use for a 10,860-square foot tenant space from retail to self-storage.
Location: 802 West El Camino Real (APNs: 201-21-005)
File #: 2019-7294
Zoning: C-2 (ECR)
Applicant / Owner: Adaptive Architecture (applicant) / Sunnyvale Civic Sq. LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Shila Bagley, 408-730-7456, sbagley@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
The existing building (Civic Square Shopping Center) was built in 1968 at 802-844 El Camino Real. The subject property is located on the southwest corner of West El Camino Real and Hollenbeck Avenue. The shopping center is situated on a 4.23-acre site and developed with a 39,116-square foot one-story commercial building, surface parking, and landscaping. The site has been occupied by multiple retail and restaurant uses. Surrounding land uses include a hotel and fourplex apartments to the west, a mixed-use development with a hotel, retail, and residential uses to the north, a mix of commercial uses (medical office and retail) and triplex apartments to the east, and townhomes to the south.
At the heart of the shopping center, the subject tenant space was originally built as a big-box retail space for a Safeway in 1968, and then occupied by a Michael's crafts store in 1984. The space has been vacant for more than one year.
See Attachment 1 for a map of the vicinity and mailing area for notices and Attachment 2 for the Data Table of the project.
Description of Proposed Project
Due to the difficulty of leasing the large tenant space to a retail store, the applicant is requesting a Special Development Permit to allow for a new self-storage facility within the existing shopping center. The applicant is proposing tenant improvements to partition the existing retail space into si...
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