Administrative Zoning Hearing

City of Mountain View Minutes Administrative Zoning Hearing Wednesday, February 12, 2025 4:00 PM Plaza Conference Room, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041 This meeting was conducted with a virtual component. 1. CALL TO ORDER Zoning Administrator Blizinski called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present 3 - Member Ed Arango, Member Diana Fazely, and Member Amber Blizinski 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Zoning Administrator Blizinski opened the public comment portion of the meeting and asked if anyone from the public wished to speak on any items not on the agenda. No members of the public wished to speak. Zoning Administrator Blizinski closed the public comment portion of the meeting. 4. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING 4.1 301, 309, 317, and 323 Moorpark Way and 301 Sylvan Avenue, Josh Vrotsos, PL-2023-204 and PL-2023-205; APN: 161-05-003, 161-05-004, 161-05-005, 161-05-006, and 161-05-007 Zoning Administrator Blizinski read the item into the record. Assistant Planner Hang Zhou gave an oral staff presentation. Zoning Administrator Blizinksi opened the public comment portion of the meeting and asked if any one wished to speak on this item. Applicant was present and gave an oral presentation and responded to questions from the Zoning Administrator. SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR: • Salvador Callejas • Leslie Murdock • Kathleen Hall • Sue Lindner • Carmen Callejas • Steve Wozniak • Marieke Cannella • Douglas Ward • John Kimball City of Mountain View Page 1 Administrative Zoning Hearing Minutes February 12, 2025 • Joseph Gray • Kathleen Schwartz SPEAKING VIRTUALLY: • Bruce England Applicant responded to a question from the Zoning Administrator. Zoning Administrator Blizinski closed the public comment portion of the meeting. Development portion of the project: Zoning Administrator Blizinski deliberated on item 4.1. ACTION: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS INCLUDING A MODIFICATION TO CONDITION OF APPROVAL #22 - LANDSCAPING, APPLICANT WILL WORK WITH PROJECT MANAGER TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL PRIVACY SCREENING PLANTING OPPORTUNITIES. Subdivision Portion of the Project: ROLL CALL VOTE TAKEN MOTION - M/S - Fazely/Arango - CONDITIONALLY APPROVED - Carried 3-0 to recommend a request for a Development Review Permit for site improvements and facade modifications to an existing commercial building, and a Conditional Use Permit for a parking reduction to provide 38 parking stalls in lieu of the required 61 parking stalls for a vehicle repari and maintenance use ona 0.8 acre site and a recommended determination that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15301 ("Existing Facilities") of the CEQA Guidelines. This project is located on the north side of Old Middlefield Way in between Rengstorff Avenue and Independence Avenue in the CS (Commercial Services) zoning district. ROLL CALL VOTE TAKEN ACTION: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS 5. ADJOURNMENT OF JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING 6. PUBLIC HEARING 6.1 2150 Old Middlefield Road, Michael Ward for Cardinale Automotive Group, PL-7503; APN: 147-07-077 Zoning Administrator Blizinski read the item into the record. Assistant Planner Vinson Kwan gave an oral staff presentation. Applicant was present and made a statement. Zoning Administrator Blizinski opened the public comment portion of the meeting asking if any members of the public wished to speak. No members of the public wished to speak. Applicant made an oral statement. Zoning Administrator Blizinski closed the public comment portion of the meeting. City of Mountain View Page 2 Administrative Zoning Hearing Minutes February 12, 2025 MOTION: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS 7. ADJOURNMENT Zoning Administrator Blizinski adjourned the meeting at 4:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Amber Blizinski Zoning Administrator 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 reports 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. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting 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 nonagenda item may do so during the Oral Communications portion of the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak one time on any number of topics for up to three 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. 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 The Zoning Administrator is the approval body for all applications requiring a Conditional Use Permit, Variance, Planned Unit Development, Development Review Permit, or Planned Community Permit and can provide a recommended action on permits that require City Council approval. The Subdivision Committee is the approval body for all applications requiring a new or modified subdivision map, including lot line adjustments, parcel maps, and tentative maps, and can provide a recommendation action on subdivision maps that require City Council approval. 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 on projects being heard: • Conditionally approve the project. • Continue the project indefinitely and will be re-noticed. • Continue the project to a specific date. • Take the project under advisement - pending additional information for staff’s review. • Deny the project. 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. City of Mountain View Page 3 Administrative Zoning Hearing Minutes February 12, 2025 City of Mountain View Page 4