City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda

Planning Commission

Monday, April 22, 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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(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

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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 April 8, 2024

1.A

24-0581

Recommendation:

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of April 8,

2024 as submitted.

Proposed Project:

Related applications on a 0.21-acre site:

1.B

24-0515

TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP to subdivide a 9,397 square foot lot

into two lots (Lot 1 - 4,978 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 55.7% 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:

Alternative 1: Approve the Use Permit, Design Review, and the

Tentative Parcel Map based on the Recommended Findings in

Attachment 3 and subject to the Conditions of Approval in

Attachment 4.

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 Zoning Administrator

24-0491

denying a VARIANCE to legalize an existing 112 square foot detached

accessory structure in the rear yard of a single-family property with a

two-foot, five-inch side setback where four-feet minimum is required, and

a two-foot, two-inch rear yard setback where ten-feet minimum is

required.

Location: 160 South Pastoria Avenue (APN: 165-15-007)

File #: PLNG-2023-0642

Zoning: R-2 (Low Medium Density Residential)

Applicant / Owner: Scott McClennan (applicant) / Tracy and Scott

McClennan (owner)

Environmental Review: Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this

project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.

Project Planner: Robby Miller, 408-730-7429,

rmiller@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Deny the appeal and uphold the Zoning

Administrator's decision to deny the Variance for the accessory

structure based on the Recommended Findings for Denial in

Attachment 2.

Proposed Project:

Related applications on a 45.6-acre site:

24-0464

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

Recommendation:

Alternative 1:

Make the required Findings to approve the addendum to the

Arques Campus Specific Plan EIR and LUTE Update EIR and

no additional environmental review is required pursuant to

CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164; and approve the

Use Permit and Variance based on the Recommended

Findings in Attachment 3 and Recommended Conditions of

Approval in Attachment 4.

Proposed Project:

Related applications on three sites totaling 1.74

24-0412

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 Partner (Owner)

Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration

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

mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Recommend to City Council to take the following

actions:

a. Make the Findings required by CEQA (Attachment 3) and

Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration (Attachment 10);

b. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 4) to Amend the General

Plan Designation for the two parcels at 1313 South Wolfe

Road from Commercial to Medium Density Residential;

c. Make the Finding that the General Plan Amendment and

Rezoning is deemed to be in the public interest (Attachment 3);

and

d. Introduce an Ordinance (Attachment 5) to Rezone 1313

South Wolfe Road (APN 309-10-026) from Neighborhood

Commercial with a Planned Development Combining District

(C-1/PD) to Medium Density Residential with a Mixed-Use

Combining District (R-3/MU) and 1313 South Wolfe Road

(APN 309-10-027) from C-1/PD to Medium Density Residential

with a Planned Development Combining District (R-3/PD).

STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES

NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS

-Commissioner Comments

-Staff Comments

ADJOURNMENT

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