City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda

Planning Commission

Monday, January 13, 2025

7:00 PM

Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,

456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

No Study Session | Public Hearing - 7:00 PM

Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/91827390357

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NO STUDY SESSION

7 P.M. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

Call to Order via teleconference and in the Council Chambers.

SALUTE TO THE FLAG

ROLL CALL

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

Prior to opening public comment on Oral Communications, the Chair may determine

it would be impractical to include remote public comment for the purpose of

timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting.

Oral Communications is the opportunity for the public to address the Planning

Commission on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15 minutes with a

maximum of up to three minutes per speaker (one appearance per speaker). Note

the Brown Act does not allow the Commission to take action on an item not listed on

the agenda. To address the Commission, refer to the notice at the end of this

agenda.

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed on the consent calendar will be acted upon by one motion unless

discussion is requested by a Commissioner or the public. To address the Planning

Commission, refer to the notice at the end of this agenda.

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2024

25-0068

Recommendation:

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of December

9, 2024 as submitted.

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

To speak on a public hearing/general business item, refer to notice at the end of

this agenda. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. For land use items,

applicants are limited to 10 minutes for opening comments and five minutes for

closing comments.

Proposed Project:

Related applications on a 1.0-acre site:

25-0162

SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to allow construction of

six new two-story single-family homes; and,

VESTING TENTATIVE MAP: to create six single-family lots and

one common lot.

Location: 640 Lakehaven Drive (APN: 110-16-040)

File #: PLNG-2023-0138

Zoning: R-0/PD (Low Density Residential/Planned Development)

Applicant / Owner: SDG Architects, INC. (applicant) / GSJ & 2LLC

(owner)

Environmental Review: A Class 32 Categorical Exemption relieves

this project from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

provisions.

Project Planner: Mary Jeyaprakash, (408) 730-7449,

mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Approve the Special Development Permit and

Vesting Tentative Map with the recommended findings in

Attachment 3 and conditions of approval in Attachment 4

Proposed Project:

25-0058

Forward to City Council recommendations related to Study Issue CDD

23-02 - Consider General Plan Land Use Designation Amendments and

Rezoning for 27 Legal Non-Conforming Single- and Two-Family

Dwellings, Housing Element Program H45, and Land Use and

Transportation Element (LUTE) Policy LT-14.5d:

1. Adopt a Resolution Amending the General Plan to:

a. Change the General Plan land use designation for the

property at 591 South Murphy Avenue (APN 209-30-012)

with a legal nonconforming single-family use, from El

Camino Real Specific Plan to Low-Medium Density

Residential, and remove the property from the El Camino

Real Specific Plan area;

b. Change the General Plan land use designation for the

properties at 260 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-

003), 280 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-004), 286

North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-005) and 290 North

Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-006) with legal

nonconforming residential uses, from Peery Park Specific

Plan to Low Density Residential, and remove the parcels

from the Peery Park Specific Plan area; and

c. Change the General Plan land use designation for 22 legal

non-conforming single-family and two-family dwelling sites

at 411, 415 and 421 Charles Street, 433, 434, 437 and

440 Waverly Street, 572, 602, 656, 702 and 798 West

Iowa Avenue, 428, 432 and 435 Florence Street, and

1301-1320 Oxbow Court, from Office to Low-Medium

Density Residential.

2. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map,

to:

a. Rezone the property at 591 South Murphy Avenue from El

Camino Real - Commercial (ECR-C) to Low Medium

Density Residential/Office (R-2/O);

b. Rezone the properties at 260, 280, 286 and 290 North

Pastoria Avenue from Peery Park Specific Plan/Mixed

Industry Core (PPSP/MIC) to Low Density Residential (R-

0);

c. Rezone the properties at 411, 415 and 421 Charles Street,

433, 434, 437 and 440 Waverly Street, 572, 602, 656, 702

and 798 West Iowa Avenue, 428, 432 and 435 Florence

Street, and 1301-1320 Oxbow Court from

Administrative-Professional Office/Planned Development

(O/PD) to Low Medium Density Residential (R-2);

3. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map,

to:

Rezone sites within the Industrial to Residential (ITR)

combining district that have redeveloped as residential

uses from Industrial and Service (M-S), General Industrial

(M-3) or the combined Neighborhood

Business/Industrial-to-Residential/Medium Density

Residential/Planned Development (C-1/ITR/R3/PD) zoning

district, all to Medium Density Residential/Planned

Development (R3/PD); the subject sites are spread

throughout the city in five areas, generally bounded by (a)

Tasman Drive, Morse Avenue, John W. Christian

Greenbelt and Fair Oaks Avenue, (b) E. Duane Avenue,

Lawrence Expressway, Stewart Drive and Britton Avenue,

E. Arques Avenue and Fair Oaks Avenue, and (d) Caltrain

rail tracks, S. Wolfe Road, Old San Francisco Road and

S. Fair Oaks Avenue, and (e) Caltrain rail tracks, Laurence

Expressway, Old San Francisco Road and Reed Avenue

and Wolfe Avenue; and

4. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map,

and to:

Rezone any of the following future opportunity sites located

at 455 and 920 De Guigne Drive, and 835, 845, and 935

Stewart Drive, in East Sunnyvale from Industrial and

Service (M-S) to Industrial and Service/Industrial to

Residential/Medium Density Residential/Planned

Development (M-S/ITR/R-3/PD).

5. Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Title 19 (Zoning) of the

Municipal Code to:

Amend Section 19.26.120 of Chapter 19.26 (Combining

Districts) to provide that once a site zoned Industrial to

Residential (ITR) has been converted to residential use,

the site cannot be returned to a use not allowed in a

residential zoning district.

Location: Citywide; see Attachments 7 and 8

File #: PLNG-2024-0460

Applicant: City of Sunnyvale---

Environmental Review: Exempt per California Environmental Quality

Act Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15183.

Project Planner: Wendy Lao, (408) 730-7408,

wlao@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Recommend to City Council Alternative 1: Take the following

actions related to Study Issue CDD 23-02, Housing Element

Program H45, and other associated modifications Industrial to

Residential (ITR) parcels:

A. Adopt a Resolution Amending the General Plan to:

a. Change the General Plan land use designation for the

property at 591 South Murphy Avenue (APN 209-30-012) with

a legal nonconforming single-family use, from El Camino Real

Specific Plan to Low-Medium Density Residential, and remove

the property from the El Camino Real Specific Plan area;

b. Change the General Plan land use designation for the

properties at 260 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-003),

280 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-004), 286 North

Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-005) and 290 North Pastoria

Avenue (APN 165-27-006) with legal nonconforming

residential uses, from Peery Park Specific Plan to Low Density

Residential, and remove the parcels from the Peery Park

Specific Plan area; and

c. Change the General Plan land use designation for 22 legal

non-conforming single-family and two-family dwelling sites at

411, 415 and 421 Charles Street, 433, 434, 437 and 440

Waverly Street, 572, 602, 656, 702 and 798 West Iowa

Avenue, 428, 432 and 435 Florence Street, and 1301-1320

Oxbow Court, from Office to Low-Medium Density Residential.

(Attachment 2)

B. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map,

to:

a. Rezone the property at 591 South Murphy Avenue from El

Camino Real - Commercial (ECR-C) to Low Medium Density

Residential/Office (R-2/O);

b. Rezone the properties at 260, 280, 286 and 290 North

Pastoria Avenue from Peery Park Specific Plan/Mixed Industry

Core (PPSP/MIC) to Low Density Residential (R-0);

c. Rezone the properties at 411, 415 and 421 Charles Street,

433, 434, 437 and 440 Waverly Street, 572, 602, 656, 702 and

798 West Iowa Avenue, 428, 432 and 435 Florence Street,

and 1301-1320 Oxbow Court from Administrative-Professional

Office/Planned Development (O/PD) to Low Medium Density

Residential (R-2) (Attachment 3);

C. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map,

to:

Rezone sites within the Industrial to Residential combining

district that have redeveloped as residential uses from

Industrial and Service (M-S), General Industrial (M-3) or the

combined Neighborhood Business/Industrial to

Residential/Medium Density Residential/Planned Development

(C-1/ITR/R3/PD) zoning district, all to Medium Density

Residential/Planned Development (R3/PD); the subject sites

are spread throughout the city in five areas, generally bounded

by (a) Tasman Drive, Morse Avenue, John W. Christian

Greenbelt and Fair Oaks Avenue, (b) E. Duane Avenue,

Lawrence Expressway, Stewart Drive and Britton Avenue, (c)

E. Maude Avenue and N. Wolfe Road, Britton Avenue, E.

Arques Avenue and Fair Oaks Avenue, and (d) Caltrain rail

tracks, S. Wolfe Road, Old San Francisco Road and S. Fair

Oaks Avenue, and (e) Caltrain rail tracks, Laurence

Expressway, Old San Francisco Road and Reed Avenue and

Wolfe Avenue (Attachment 4); and

D. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map,

and to:

Rezone the three future opportunity sites located at 455 De

Guigne Drive, 835 Stewart Drive, and 935 Stewart Drive in

East Sunnyvale from Industrial and Service (M-S) to Industrial

and Service/Industrial to Residential/Medium Density

Residential/Planned Development (M-S/ITR/R-3/PD)

(Attachment 5).

E. Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Title 19 (Zoning) of the

Municipal Code to:

Amend Section 19.26.120 of Chapter 19.26 (Combining

Districts) to provide that once a site zoned Industrial to

Residential (ITR) has been converted to residential use, the

site cannot be returned to a use not allowed in a residential

zoning district (Attachment 6).

F. Find that the Action is Exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA

Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and 15183.

Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues

25-0073

STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES

NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS

-Commissioner Comments

-Staff Comments

ADJOURNMENT

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the Planning Commission are available by contacting the Planning Division at

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also available 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at

sunnyvale.ca.gov and during normal business hours at the NOVA Workforce

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You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving

it to the Recording Officer.

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uninterrupted access to online technology. Technical difficulties may occur from

time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue

even if technical difficulties prevent online participation.

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during Oral Communications.

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comments to:

Sunnyvale Planning Division, 456 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3707

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planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov for questions.

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LEGAL NOTICES

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if you file a lawsuit challenging any final decision on

any public hearing item listed in this agenda, the issues in the lawsuit may be

limited to the issues which were raised at the public hearing or presented in writing

to the City at or before the public hearing.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.6

imposes a 90 day deadline for the filing of any lawsuit challenging final action on an

agenda item which is subject to Code of Civil Procedure 1094.5.