REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Proposed Project: PEERY PARK PLAN REVIEW PERMIT to construct two five-story office/R&D buildings totaling 391,131 square feet in floor area and 100% floor area ratio (FAR), and a six-level parking structure.
Location: 888 Ross Drive (APNs: 110-07-035, 036)
File #: 2019-7860
Zoning: Peery Park Specific Plan/Innovation Edge (PPSP/IE)
Applicant / Owner: Perry Hariri / STP Property LLC
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section15168 (c)(2) and Public Resources Code Section 21094 (c). The project is within the scope of the Peery Park Specific Plan Program EIR as no new environmental impacts are anticipated and no new mitigations are required.
Project Planner: Margaret Netto, (408) 730-7628, mnetto@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on October 26, 2020. No members of the public spoke during the public hearing. Discussion from the Planning Commissioners primarily related to the architecture of the building and parking structure, open space/landscaping and the Mary Avenue extension.
The Planning Commission voted 5-1 (Commissioner Simons dissenting and Commissioner Rheaume absent), to recommend Alternative 1 to City Council in accordance with the staff recommendation including making the findings and CEQA determination (including the Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program) and, approval of the Peery Park Plan Review Permit with the following modified conditions of approval:
* Delete Condition PS-2 Parking and Circulation Plan (new plan not required as sufficient information was available at the public hearing);
* Update the CEQA Checklist, Attachment 6, to include the updated parking spaces from 1,290 parking spaces to 1,212 parking spaces and the updated number of protected trees to be removed from 92 protected trees to 58 protected trees.
These modifications have been incorporated into the staff recommended Condi...
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