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File #: 22-0814   
Type: Report to Board/Commission Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: Zoning Administrator Hearing
On agenda: 8/24/2022
Title: Proposed Project: SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to consider a new 14,140 square foot restaurant (Flatstick Pub) with general alcohol service, indoor mini golf course, and a 3,120 square foot mezzanine space. Location: 301 West McKinley Avenue Suite E-150 (APN: 209-39-002) File #: 2022-7208 Zoning: DSP-18 (Downtown Specific Plan Area Block 18) Applicant / Owner: Tipsy Putt LLC (applicant) / STC Venture LLC (Owner) Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions. Project Planner: Mary Jeyaprakash, 408-730-7449, mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Attachments: 1. Vicinity and Noticing Map, 2. Project Data Table, 3. Recommended Findings, 4. Recommended Conditions of Approval, 5. Site and Architectural Plans, 6. Parking Study by Walker and Associates, 7. Noise Study by Salter and Associates, 8. Use Permit Justification by Applicant
REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to consider a new 14,140 square foot restaurant (Flatstick Pub) with general alcohol service, indoor mini golf course, and a 3,120 square foot mezzanine space.
Location: 301 West McKinley Avenue Suite E-150 (APN: 209-39-002)
File #: 2022-7208
Zoning: DSP-18 (Downtown Specific Plan Area Block 18)
Applicant / Owner: Tipsy Putt LLC (applicant) / STC Venture LLC (Owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Mary Jeyaprakash, 408-730-7449, mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Report
BACKGROUND
The project site is located on the northwest corner of West McKinley Avenue and South Taaffe Street, in Building E of Sub-block 2 of the Downtown Specific Plan (DSP) Area Block 18. Building E, the Flats at Cityline, is surrounded by a parking structure (PD-2 or Orange Garage) to the north, a mixed-use building (across West McKinley Avenue) to the south, Redwood Square to the east (across South Taaffe Street), and an office building to the west (across Aries Way). Building E was constructed in 2010 with a five-story mixed-use building with a below ground parking area. The proposed use is a restaurant with full alcoholic beverage service and an indoor mini golf course inside a 11,020 square foot tenant space within Building E.

Description of Proposed Project
The project requests conversion of a 11,020 square feet retail tenant space into a restaurant with an addition of a 3,120-square foot mezzanine area, resulting in a 14,140-square foot restaurant, Flatstick Pub. The project also proposes full alcoholic beverage service and an indoor mini golf course on the first floor.

The alcoholic beverages will be served, and the mini golf will be accessible during the following business hours:
- Sunday - Thursday: 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M.
- Friday - Saturday: 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 A....

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