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January 13, 2025 ·7:00 PM Final ·No Study Session | Public Hearing - 7:00 PM

Online and Council Chambers, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

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Agenda — 37 items

  1. 1 Public Participation
  2. 2 NO STUDY SESSION
  3. 3 7 P.M. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
  4. 4 CALL TO ORDER
  5. 5 SALUTE TO THE FLAG
  6. 6 ROLL CALL
  7. 7 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
  8. 8 CONSENT CALENDAR approved on the Consent Calendar Pass
  9. 1. Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2024 25-0068
  10. 10 PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
  11. 2. Proposed Project: Related applications on a 1.0-acre site: 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 25-0162 approved Pass
  12. 3. Proposed Project: 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, (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; 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 25-0058 approved Pass
  13. 4. Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 denied Fail
  14. 14 STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES
  15. 15 NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS
  16. 16 -Commissioner Comments
  17. 16 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 approved Pass
  18. 17 -Staff Comments
  19. 17 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 approved Pass
  20. 18 ADJOURNMENT
  21. 18 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 approved Pass
  22. 19 Public Participation Options
  23. 19 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 approved Pass
  24. 20 In person public comment:
  25. 20 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073
  26. 21 Online participation:
  27. 21 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 approved Pass
  28. 22 Online public comment:
  29. 22 Selection and Ranking of Potential 2025 Study Issues 25-0073 approved Pass
  30. 23 Written public comment:
  31. 24 Public review of items:
  32. 25 Planning a presentation for a Planning Commission meeting?
  33. 26 Planning to provide materials to the Commission?
  34. 27 Language Access and Translation
  35. 28 Translation Link: https://bit.ly/HCQX-0562
  36. 29 Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice
  37. 30 LEGAL NOTICES