City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda

Planning Commission

Monday, September 26, 2022

6:00 PM

Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream |

Comcast Channel 15 | AT&T Channel 99

Special Meeting: Study Session - 6:00 PM | Public Hearing - 7:00 PM

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

Special Teleconference Notice

Because of the COVID-19 emergency and the health orders issued by Santa Clara

County and the State of California, this meeting of the Sunnyvale Planning

Commission will take place by teleconference, as allowed by Government Code

Subdivision 54953(e) and Resolution No. 1089-21 (reaffirmed August 30, 2022).

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Accessibility/Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Notice

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special

assistance to provide public comment, or for other special assistance; please

contact the City at least 48 hours prior to enable the City to make reasonable

arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. The Planning Division may

be reached at 408-730-7440 or at planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b)

(1)).

6 P.M. STUDY SESSION

Call to Order

Call to Order via teleconference.

Roll Call

Study Session

The public may provide comments regarding the Study Session item(s). If you

wish to address the Planning Commission, please refer to the notice at the

beginning of this agenda.

Proposed Project: Demolish an existing one-story commercial building

of 5,515 square feet and construct one new 6-story hotel building with

152 hotel rooms, totaling 91,845 square feet and 43.5% lot coverage,

with 93 parking spaces.

22-0959

Location: 1220 Oakmead Parkway (APN: 216-44-048)

File #: 2022-7080

Zoning: Industrial and Service (M-S)

Applicant / Owner: Arris Studio Architects (Applicant)/ BPR Properties

(Owner)

Project Planner: Kelly Cha, Associate Planner

Adjourn Study Session

7 P.M. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

Call to Order via teleconference.

ROLL CALL

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 September 12, 2022

1.A

22-0945

Recommendation:

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of September

12, 2022 as submitted.

Proposed Project:

1.B

22-0946

DESIGN REVIEW to allow a 245-square-foot, first-floor sunroom

addition to an existing two-story home, resulting in 3,147 square

feet gross floor area (2,699 square feet living area and 448

square foot garage) and 50.75% Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

Location: 1612 Vireo Drive (APN: 313-42-030)

File #: 2022-7266

Zoning: R-0

Applicant / Owner: GDM Construction + Design Inc. (applicant) / Danny

Chiu (owner)

Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this

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

Project Planner: Cindy Hom, (408) 730-7411,

chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Approve the Design Review based on the

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.

REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TO DATE UNCERTAIN

22-0962

Consider a Tenant Protection and Right to Lease Ordinance (Study

Issue)

Recommendation:

Continue this item to a date uncertain.

Proposed Project: Appeal of a decision by the Director of Community

Development denying a Tree Removal Permit to consider removal of a

protected tree (Deodar Cedar) in the front yard with an arborist report.

Location: 1571 Heron Avenue (APN: 309-33-020)

File #: 2022-7258

22-0891

Zoning: R-0

Applicant / Owner: Monster Tree Service of West Valley / Sunil and

Shilpa Mannikar

Environmental Review: A Class 4 Categorical Exemption relieves this

project from California Quality Act provisions and City Guidelines.

Project Planner: Drew Taplin, (408) 730-7407,

dtaplin@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Deny the appeal and uphold the decision of the

Director of Community Development to deny the Tree Removal

Permit for the Cedar tree.

Proposed Project:

22-0787

DESIGN REVIEW: To allow construction of a 390 square-foot

first-floor addition and a 285 square-foot second-floor addition to

an existing two-story single-family home, resulting in 2,717 square

feet gross floor area (2,129 square-foot living area, 511

square-foot garage, and 77 square-foot covered balcony), and

52.3% Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

Location: 388 Stowell Avenue (APN: 204-34-061)

File #: 2021-7415

Zoning: R-0

Applicant / Owner: Raumfabrik Architecture + Interiors (applicant) /

John Julian Chocholak and Margarita Novosyad (owner)

Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this

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

Project Planner: Aastha Vashist, (408) 730-7458,

avashist@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Approve the Design Review with 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 at sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx 72 hours before the

meeting.

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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

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 section 1094.5.