REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to construct a 511-s.f. addition to an existing leasing office of the Heritage Park Apartment complex, resulting in 45.84% of lot coverage.
Location: 555 East Washington Avenue (APN: 209-03-021)
File #: 2020-7443
Zoning: R-3/PD
Applicant / Owner: Momentum A&E, Inc. (applicant) / Monument 3 Realty Fund Viii Ltd (owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Kelly Cha, (408) 730-7408, kcha@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project: The proposed project is to allow a 511-square feet addition to an existing leasing office within a multi-family apartment complex. The addition is to address the increased needs for equipment storage and to better serve its residents without interfering the leasing office business. The proposed 423 square feet on the first floor is to enlarge the existing maintenance room and relocate the mailboxes to outside, separate from the office area. The 88 square feet on the second floor is to increase the office space.
The project site has the lot coverage of 45.73 percent, which exceeds the maximum 40 percent lot coverage for R-3 Zoning District. Therefore, the proposed addition will increase the existing lot coverage incrementally. The project also proposes to replace the lost landscaped area due to the proposed expansion. No additional residential units are proposed; therefore, no additional parking spaces are proposed as part of this application.
In addition to an expansion of the existing leasing office, the project proposes to remodel the floor plan layout, including adding new windows, replacing doors, and adding a trellis feature in front of each leasing office entrance.
The same project has been approved under a permit SDP 2017-7099, but no building permit was submitted within two years of the...
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