City of Sunnyvale  
Notice and Agenda  
Planning Commission  
Monday, April 8, 2024  
7:00 PM  
Online and Bay Conference Room  
(Room 145), 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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be reached at 408-730-7440 or at planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b)  
(1)).  
NO STUDY SESSION  
7 P.M. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING  
CALL TO ORDER  
Call to Order via teleconference and in the Bay Conference Room.  
SALUTE TO THE FLAG  
ROLL CALL  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public  
comment during Oral Communications for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting  
or conducting an orderly meeting. Such a determination shall be made prior to  
opening public comment on Oral Communications.  
This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the  
Planning Commission on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15  
minutes (may be extended or continued after the public hearings/general business  
section of the agenda at the discretion of the Chair) with a maximum of up to three  
minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not  
allow the Planning Commission to take action on an item not listed on the agenda.  
If you wish to address the Planning Commission, please refer to the notice at the  
beginning of this agenda. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this  
section.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be  
acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If  
a member of the public would like a consent calendar item pulled and discussed  
separately, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda.  
Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2024  
1.A  
24-0535  
Recommendation:  
Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of March 25,  
2024 as submitted.  
REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE TO APRIL 22, 2024  
1.B  
24-0547  
Proposed Project:  
Related applications on a 0.21-acre site:  
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP to subdivide a 9,397 square foot lot  
into two lots (Lot 1 - 5,128 square feet and Lot 2 - 4,269 square  
feet);  
USE PERMIT to allow lot area and lot widths less than the  
minimum required; and  
DESIGN REVIEW to demolish an existing one-story single-family  
home and construct two new, two-story single-family homes  
resulting in 2,587 square feet for Lot 1 (2,184 square foot living  
area and 403 square foot garage); and 2,570 square feet for Lot  
2 (2,166 square foot living area and 404 square foot garage),  
resulting in 55% total floor area ratio (FAR).  
Location: 258 West California Avenue (APN: 204-51-005)  
File #: 2019-7552  
Zoning: R-2  
Applicant / Owner: George Novitskiy (applicant) / Hanson America  
LLC (owner)  
Environmental Review: A Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this  
project from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions  
Project Planner: Cindy Hom, (408) 730-7411,  
chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov  
Recommendation:  
Continue the Planning Commission hearing date to April 22,  
2024.  
REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE TO APRIL 22, 2024  
1.C  
24-0562  
Proposed Project:  
Related applications on three sites totaling 1.74  
acres:  
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT: Amend the General Plan land  
use designation from Commercial to either Medium Density  
(15-24 du/ac) or High Density (25-36 du/ac) Residential.  
REZONE: Rezone from Neighborhood Business with a Planned  
Development combining district (C-1/PD) to either Medium  
Density Residential (R-3) or High Density Residential (R-4) with a  
Mixed Use (MU) and Planned Development (PD) combining  
district.  
File #: 2022-7146  
Location: 1313 South Wolfe Road (APNs 309-10-026 and 309-10-027)  
and 898 East Fremont Avenue (APN 309-10-015)  
Current Zoning: C-1/PD (Neighborhood Business with a Planned  
Development combining district)  
Applicant / Owner: 4Terra Investments (applicant)/Desmond Family  
Real Estate Limited Partners (Owner)  
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration  
Project Planner: Mary Jeyaprakash, (408) 730-7449,  
mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov  
Recommendation:  
Continue the Planning Commission hearing date to April 22,  
2024.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS  
If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to  
notice at the beginning of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of  
three minutes. For land-use items, applicants are limited to a maximum of 10  
minutes for opening comments and 5 minutes for closing comments.  
Proposed Project:  
APPEAL of a decision by the Director of Community  
2.  
24-0468  
Development approving a DESIGN REVIEW to construct a  
first-story addition of 462 square feet and a new 522 square feet  
second-story addition to an existing one-story single-family home,  
resulting in 2,920 square feet (2,452 square foot living area and  
414 square foot garage) that utilizes a Green Building incentive  
for a 47.9% floor area ratio (FAR).  
Location: 1585 Mallard Way (APN: 309-31-071)  
File #: PLNG-2023-0668  
Zoning: R-0 (Low-Density Residential)  
Appellant: Zhongwan Wang and Haohan Li; Bernita Lee; and Sona  
Varty and Advait Mogre  
Applicant/Owner: Azadeh Masrour / Suyash Jain  
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this  
project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.  
Project Planner: Shila Bagley, (408) 730-7418,  
sbagley@sunnyvale.ca.gov  
Recommendation:  
Alternative 1: Deny the appeals and uphold the decision of the  
Director of Community Development to approve the Design  
Review Permit for the proposed addition to the existing  
single-family home based upon the Recommended Findings  
for Approval in Attachment 3 and subject to the Conditions of  
Approval in Attachment 4.  
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES  
NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS  
-Commissioner Comments  
-Staff Comments  
ADJOURNMENT  
Notice to the Public:  
Any agenda related writings or documents on this agenda distributed to members  
of the Planning Commission are available by contacting the Planning Division at  
408-730-7440 or planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Agendas and associated reports are  
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  
Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive  
Avenue.  
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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  
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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 section 1094.5.