REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Related applications on a 6.57-acre site:
USE PERMIT to allow additional outdoor equipment and site improvements, resulting in a total equipment storage area of 13.4% (38,282 square feet), and
VARIANCE to allow 46% lot coverage, where 45% maximum is permitted.
Location: 545 Oakmead Pkwy (APN: 216-44-112)
File #: 2022-7183
Zoning: Industrial and Service (M-S)
Applicant / Owner: RMW (applicant) / Fred Cordesius (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 add outdoor equipment areas to the 6.57-acre project site. The proposed areas would increase the percentage of the lot dedicated to outdoor equipment from 8.4% to 13.4%. Along with additional outdoor equipment areas, the proposed project also includes expansion of the existing roof equipment area with taller screening, relocation of the required trash enclosure outside the gated equipment area and increase of the landscaped area with a new bioretention in the rear of the site, facing Midas Way.
Section 19.88.020(a)(3) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) requires a minor Use Permit for unenclosed accessory uses. Variance is also required to allow 46% lot coverage, as 45% is the maximum permitted.
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
The project site has numerous Miscellaneous Plan Permits related to waiver of screening for mechanical equipment on the roof and screening for existing equipment enclosures since 2011. There are no active neighborhood preservation cases on the project site.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
A Class 1 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301, Existing Facil...
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