Administrative Zoning Hearing
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · March 10, 2021
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City of Mountain View
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Administrative Zoning Hearing
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:00 PM Video Conference with No Physical Meeting Location
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE HEARING
This meeting was conducted in accordance with State of California Executive Order
N-29-20, dated March 17, 2020. All members participated in the meeting by video
conference, with no physical meeting location.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Planning Manager/Zoning Administrator Williams called the hearing to order at 4:00 p.m.
• ROLL CALL
Present: Members Arango, Wright, and Williams.
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC - None.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - None.
4. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING
4.1 1255 Pear Avenue, Tim Steele for The Sobrato Organization, PL-2020-150; APN:
116-14-136
Development Portion of the Project:
Planning Manager / Zoning Administrator Williams read the item into the record.
Advanced Planning Manager Alkire gave an oral staff report.
Planning Manager / Zoning Administrator Williams opened the public hearing and asked if
anyone in the public wanted to speak on the development portion of the project.
No members of the public wished to speak.
Planning Manager / Zoning Administrator Williams recommended approval to City
Council.
Subdivision Portion of the Project:
Member Williams of the Subdivision Committee opened the public hearing and asked if
anyone in the public wanted to speak on the subdivision portion of the project.
No members of the public wished to speak.
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Members of the Subdivision Committee discussed this item.
Motion – M / S Arango/Wright – Carried 3-0- Recommended approval to the City Council.
5. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:12 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephanie Williams
Planning Manager/Zoning Administrator
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Agenda
City of Mountain View
Agenda
Administrative Zoning Hearing
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:00 PM Video Conference with No Physical Meeting
Location
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE HEARING
This meeting will be conducted in accordance with State of California Executive Order
N-29-20, dated March 17, 2020. All members will participate in the meeting by video
conference, with no physical meeting location.
Members of the public wishing to comment on an item may be so in the following ways:
1. Email comments to planning.division@mountainview.gov or the project planner by
3:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Emails will be forwarded to the Zoning Administrator for
consideration. Please identify the Agenda Item number in the subject line of your email.
2. Provide oral public comments during the meeting:
Online:
Register in advance to access the meeting via Zoom Webinar at
mountainview.gov/za_speakers. You will be asked to enter an email address and a
name. Your email address will not be disclosed to the public. After registering, you will
receive an email with instructions on how to connect to the meeting. When the Zoning
Administrator announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”
feature in Zoom. Speakers will be notified of their turn shortly before they are called on
to speak. For instructions on using the "raise hand" feature in Zoom, visit
mountainview.gov/raise_hand.
By phone:
Dial: (669) 900-9128 and enter Webinar ID: 994 5075 0069
When the Zoning Administrator announces the item on which you wish to speak, dial *9.
Phone participants will be called on by the last two digits of their phone number.
When called to speak, please limit your comments to the time allotted which is up to 3
minutes, at the discretion of the Zoning Administrator.
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1. CALL TO ORDER
• ROLL CALL
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
3. CONSENT CALENDAR - None.
4. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING
4.1 1255 Pear Avenue
Request for modifications to a previously approved Planned Community
Permit, Development Review Permit and Tentative Map for a mixed-use
development consisting of a 231,210 square foot office building and 635 new
multi-family residential units, retaining an existing 156,317 square foot office
building, and demolishing an existing 103,513 square foot industrial building
at the site, on a 15.05-acre project site; and a determination that the project
has prepared an Initial Study pursuant to Section 15168 ("Program EIR") of
the CEQA Guidelines. This project extends north of La Avenida to Space
Park Way, between Inigo Way and Armand Avenue, in the P-39 (North
Bayshore) Precise Plan.
Planner: Martin Alkire
Attachments: Staff Memo
Findings Report
Project Plans
Subdivision Conditions
Tentative Map
5. ADJOURNMENT
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Administrative Zoning Hearings are held regularly on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. and
may be held jointly with the Subdivision Committee.
The agenda and staff report may be viewed online at mountainview.legistar.com.
Questions or comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Zoning Administrator or the Project Planner listed on
the agenda for the item at (650) 903-6306 or planning.division@mountainview.gov.
The Zoning Administrator may take action on any matter noticed herein. The Zoning Administrator's consideration of and
action on the matters noticed herein are not limited by the recommendations indicated on the agenda.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the
Planning Secretary at (650) 903-6306 a minimum of 48 hours prior to the meeting which will enable the City to make
reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1))
ADDRESSING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Zoning
Administrator. Anyone wishing to address the Zoning Administrator or Subdivision Committee on a non-agenda item may
do so during the Oral Communications portion of the agenda.
Speakers are allowed to speak one time on any topic up to 3 minutes. If there appears to be a large number of speakers,
the Zoning Administrator may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker at the discretion of the
Zoning Administrator. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted time will be provided
to a member of the public who utilizes a translator.
ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING HEARING REVIEW PROCESS
At the hearing, the applicant/agent will be asked to make a brief presentation on the proposal. Comments from the public
shall be heard after the Zoning Administrator has opened the public hearing and prior to the Zoning Administrator taking
action or making a recommendation.
The Zoning Administrator can take the following actions at the hearing:
• Conditionally approve the project.
• Continue the project to date uncertain.
• Continue the project to a specific date.
• Take the project under advisement - pending additional information for staff’s review.
• Deny the project.
• Make a recommendation to City Council.
The decisions of the Zoning Administrator are final unless appealed to the City Council by filing an appeal with the City
Clerk within 10 calendar days of the date of findings. No building permits shall be issued during this 10-day period.
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