REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Related applications on a 0.82-acre site:
REZONE: Introduce an Ordinance to extend the PD Combining District boundary to include the 585 and 595 Columbia Avenue parcels.
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: To allow demolition of existing residential structures and construction of 18-unit residential subdivision consisting of three-story townhomes with associated site improvements and deviations from minimum rear setback, maximum distance between main buildings and maximum distance to a trash enclosure, and
VESTING TENTATIVE MAP: To create 18 residential lots and one common area lot.
Location: 475 N. Fair Oaks and 585 & 595 Columbia Ave.
File #: 2019-7415
Zoning: R-3/PD and R-3
Applicant / Owner: ADL 11 LLC (applicant) / Henry E Shepherd Trustee and Chung Tai Intl Chan Buddhist Assn (owner)
Environmental Review: Class 32 Categorical Exemption (Infill Development)
Project Planner: Cindy Hom, 408-730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on June 22, 2020.
The Planning Commission voted to approve Alternative 2: Recommend that the City Council make the findings and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination that the project is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 as noted in Attachment 6 to the report, and Introduce an Ordinance (Attachment 7 to the report) to Rezone part of the site to include the Planned Development Combining District, and approve the Rezone, and approve the Special Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Map subject to the findings in Attachment 4 to the report and modified Conditions of Approval. The vote was 6-0, with Commissioner Howard absent.
Planning Commission recommended the following modifications to the below condition:
PS-1. REQUIRED REVISIONS TO PROJECT PLANS:
Prior to building permit issuance, the Permittee shall revise plans to incorp...
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