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File #: 20-0354   
Type: Report to Board/Commission Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: Zoning Administrator Hearing
On agenda: 3/11/2020
Title: Proposed Project: SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to allow a 1,470-square foot first floor and 1,640 square foot second floor addition to an existing auto dealership building, resulting in 35,461 square feet gross floor area with 30.6% lot coverage. Location: 898 West El Camino Real (APN: 201-19-034) File #: 2019-7248 Zoning: C-2/ECR (Highway Business with El Camino Real Precise Plan combining district) Applicant / Owner: Price-Simms Inc dba Toyota Sunnyvale (Applicant)/ Price-Simms RE LLC (Owner) Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions. Project Planner: Aastha Vashist, Associate Planner, avashist@sunnyvale.ca.gov, (408)-730-7458
Attachments: 1. Vicinity and Noticing Maps, 2. Project Data Table, 3. Recommended Findings, 4. Standard Requirements and Recommended Conditions of Approval, 5. Site and Architectural Plans, 6. Lighting Study by the Applicant, 7. Special Development Permit Justification Form by the Applicant
REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to allow a 1,470-square foot first floor and 1,640 square foot second floor addition to an existing auto dealership building, resulting in 35,461 square feet gross floor area with 30.6% lot coverage.
Location: 898 West El Camino Real (APN: 201-19-034)
File #: 2019-7248
Zoning: C-2/ECR (Highway Business with El Camino Real Precise Plan combining district)
Applicant / Owner: Price-Simms Inc dba Toyota Sunnyvale (Applicant)/ Price-Simms RE LLC (Owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Aastha Vashist, Associate Planner, avashist@sunnyvale.ca.gov, (408)-730-7458

Report
BACKGROUND
The 3.5-acre lot is currently occupied by a Toyota auto dealership facility including a 32,491 square-foot two-story building, a one-story service building, a carwash building and a standalone showroom building. The project site is located south of West El Camino Real between Mary Avenue and Hollenbeck Avenue.

Description of Proposed Project
The proposed project includes a first and second floor addition to the existing two-story auto dealership building to expand the showroom. The project also proposes minor site improvements including landscaping improvements and a new trash enclosure.

See Attachment 1 for a map of the vicinity and mailing area for notices and Attachment 2 for the Data Table of the project.

Previous Actions on the Site
Various sign permits and administrative permits for minor site modifications have been approved for the site over the years. New and used auto sales was permitted on the site through a Use Permit in 1965 (1965-0086). In 2001, a Use Permit (File 2001-0025) for the construction of a new building was approved and the property was rezoned with the El Camino Real Precise Plan combining district (Project 2001-0026). In 2005, a Special Deve...

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