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File #: 24-0464   
Type: Report to Board/Commission Status: Passed
Meeting Body: Planning Commission
On agenda: 4/22/2024
Title: Proposed Project: Related applications on a 45.6-acre site: USE PERMIT: to demolish an existing recreation center, surface parking lot, and six-level parking structure to allow a new 592,567 square-foot research and development (R&D) building along Central Expressway; demolition of four buildings (928 East Arques Avenue, 242 Commercial Street, 230 Commercial Street, and 222 Commercial Street) to allow for a new seven-story parking structure along Commercial Street; demolition of one building at 930 East California Avenue to allow for the expansion of an existing PG&E electrical substation; and installation of associated site improvements around the proposed R&D building and parking structure. The site would retain four existing industrial/office/R&D buildings, including an office building (930 East Arques Avenue), Building 81 (974 East Arques Avenue), Building 85 (978 East Arques Avenue), and a central utility plant. The project includes merging seven existing lots to form a larger ca...
Attachments: 1. Vicinity and Noticing Radius Map, 2. Project Data Table, 3. Recommended Findings, 4. Recommended Conditions of Approval, 5. EIR Addendum, 6. Site and Architectural Plans, 7. Project Description Letter, 8. Use Pemit Justification Form, 9. Variance Justification Form, 10. Parking Study, 11. Draft Transportation Demand Management Plan, 12. Electron Microscopes Memo, 13. Public Comments, 14. Presentation to Planning Commission RTC No 24-0464 - 20240422
REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION

SUBJECT
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Proposed Project: Related applications on a 45.6-acre site:
USE PERMIT: to demolish an existing recreation center, surface parking lot, and six-level parking structure to allow a new 592,567 square-foot research and development (R&D) building along Central Expressway; demolition of four buildings (928 East Arques Avenue, 242 Commercial Street, 230 Commercial Street, and 222 Commercial Street) to allow for a new seven-story parking structure along Commercial Street; demolition of one building at 930 East California Avenue to allow for the expansion of an existing PG&E electrical substation; and installation of associated site improvements around the proposed R&D building and parking structure. The site would retain four existing industrial/office/R&D buildings, including an office building (930 East Arques Avenue), Building 81 (974 East Arques Avenue), Building 85 (978 East Arques Avenue), and a central utility plant. The project includes merging seven existing lots to form a larger campus parcel, with one existing lot remaining at 222 Commercial Street.
VARIANCE: to exceed the maximum height limit and floor plate sizes specified in the Arques Campus Specific Plan.
Location: 974 East Arques Avenue (APNs: 205-36-006, -007 and -008); 928-930 East Arques Avenue (APN: 205-35-017); 222, 230 and 242 Commercial Street (APNs: 205-35-006, 007 and 008, respectively) and 930 East California Street (APN 205-35-003).
File #: PLNG-2023-0134
Zoning: M-S
Applicant / Owner: Applied Materials (Applicant/Owner)
Environmental Review: An addendum to the Arques Specific Plan EIR and the Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) Update EIR has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164.
Project Planner: Cindy Hom, Associate Planner (408) 730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Industrial
Zoning: M-S (Industrial and Service)
Specific Plan: Arques Campus Specific Plan (974 East Arques A...

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