City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda

Planning Commission

Monday, November 14, 2022

7:00 PM

Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream |

Comcast Channel 15 | AT&T Channel 99

Special Meeting: Study Session - Canceled | 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 November 1, 2022).

Public Participation

• Teleconference participation: You may provide audio public comment by

connecting to the teleconference meeting online or by telephone. Use the Raise

Hand feature to request to speak (*9 on a telephone):

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Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 918 2739 0357

(*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute)

• Watch the Planning Commission meeting at

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AT&T Channel 99

• Submit written comments to the Planning Commission no later than 4 hours prior

to the meeting start to planningcommission@sunnyvale.ca.gov or by mail to:

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

• Review recordings of this meeting and past meetings at

https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or

http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings

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)).

STUDY SESSION CANCELED

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 October 24, 2022

1.A

22-1049

Recommendation:

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of October 24,

2022 as submitted.

Approve the 2023 Planning Commission Annual Work Plan

1.B

22-1048

Recommendation:

Approve the 2023 Planning Commission Annual Work Plan as

submitted.

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 A DATE UNCERTAIN

22-1104

Proposed Project: Adopt a Resolution for a:

SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT to modify Block 20 of the Downtown

Specific Plan to allow additional residential units and office square

footage, and associated modifications to design guidelines and

development standards; and

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT to reflect increases in Projected

Build-out in the Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE).

Location: 510 and 528 S. Mathilda Avenue (APNs:209-29-060 and

061), and 562 and 568 S. Mathilda Avenue (APNs:209-29-057 and 067)

File #: 2018-7585

Zoning: DSP (Block 20)

Applicant / Owner: Shawn Karimi, Karimi Shahriar Trustee, (applicant

and owner 510 and 528 S. Mathilda Avenue, and Shawn Taheri, Sam

Cloud Barn LLC (applicant and owner 562 and 568 S. Mathilda Avenue)

Environmental Review: Addendum to the Downtown Specific Plan

Amendments Final Environmental Impact Report for the Block 20 Area

Project.

Project Planner: Margaret Netto, (408) 730-1221,

mnetto@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Recommendation:

Continue the Planning Commission hearing date to a date

uncertain.

Proposed Project:

22-1031

DESIGN REVIEW: Construct a new two-story single-family home

resulting in 2,528 square feet gross floor area (2,109 square feet

living area and 419 square feet garage) and 45.4% Floor Area

Ratio (FAR). The project also includes a new 790 square foot

attached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).

Location: 691 Toyon Avenue (APN: 213-10-038)

File #: 2022-7198

Zoning: R-0

Applicant / Owner: Michelle Miner Design (applicant) / Ankush and

Vibha Gupta (owners)

Environmental Review: A Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this

project from 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.

Planning a presentation for a Planning Commission meeting?

To help you prepare and deliver your public comments, please review the "Making

Public Comments During City Council or Planning Commission Meetings"

document available on the City website.

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 section 1094.5.