REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
USE PERMIT to allow a new fitness studio in a shopping center.
Location: 1366 S Mary Ave (APN: 323-01-018)
File #: 2022-7695
Zoning: C-1 (Neighborhood Business)
Applicant / Owner: EJ Fitness LLC (applicant) / DeAnza Square Shopping Center LP (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
The site is located in the southern portion of the De Anza Square Shopping Center at the intersection of W Fremont Avenue and S Mary Avenue and is surrounded by single-family homes to the east and south of the site and another retail center across S Mary Avenue. The shopping center comprises three one-story buildings on two separate parcels and is occupied by retail tenants including New Indian Bazar and Zanotto's Sunnyvale Market. Most recently, the tenant space at 1366 S Mary Avenue was occupied by Appletree Uniforms, a retail use.
Description of Proposed Project
The proposed project includes a change of use from retail to recreational and athletic facility (EJ Fitness). As described in the Project Description Letter from the applicant (Attachment 5), the proposed fitness studio would provide one-on-one training to clients in addition to holding small group classes. No exterior changes to the existing building or the site are proposed as part of this request.
Per Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Table 19.20.030, a Use Permit is required for recreational and athletic facility use in the C-1 zoning district. SMC also requires recreational uses to be situated in a manner that does not disrupt the flow of pedestrian traffic between retail establishments. Per SMC 19.88.020, a minor Use Permit is required for the proposed use because the project has been determined to pose no significant land use consequences and to be categoricall...
Click here for full text