Planning Commission

City of Santa Clara Meeting Agenda Planning Commission Wednesday, June 15, 2022 6:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers and Zoom (Hybrid Meeting) The City of Santa Clara will be conducting Planning Commission meetings in a hybrid manner (in-person and virtual attendance). Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e) and City of Santa Clara Resolution 22-9087, Commissioners may teleconference from remote locations. The City continues to provide methods for the public to participate remotely: • Via Zoom: o https://santaclaraca.zoom.us/j/91729202898 Webinar ID: 917 2920 2898 or o Phone: 1(669) 900-6833 • Via the City’s eComment (available during the meeting) The public may view the meetings on SantaClaraCA.gov, Santa Clara City Television (Comcast cable channel 15 or AT&T U-verse channel 99), or the livestream on the City’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. Public Comments prior to meeting may be submitted via email to PlanningPublicComment@SantaClaraCA.gov no later than noon on the day of the meeting; and also before and during the meeting via eComment. Clearly indicate the project address, meeting body, and meeting date in the email. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ZOOM WEBINAR: Please follow the guidelines below when participating in a Zoom Webinar: - The meeting will be recorded so you must choose 'continue' to accept and stay in the meeting. - If there is an option to change the phone number to your name when you enter the meeting, please do so as your name will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. - Mute all other audio before speaking. Using multiple devices can cause an audio feedback. - Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item and lower when finished speaking. Press *9 to raise your hand if you are calling in by phone only. - Identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. - Unmute when called on to speak and mute when done speaking. If there is background noise coming from a participant, they will be muted by the host. Press *6 if you are participating by phone to unmute. - If you no longer wish to stay in the meeting once your item has been heard, please exit the meeting. 6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING City of Santa Clara Page 1 of 5 Printed on 6/10/2022 Planning Commission Meeting Agenda June 15, 2022 Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance and Statement of Values Roll Call DECLARATION OF COMMISSION PROCEDURES CONTINUANCES/EXCEPTIONS CONSENT CALENDAR Consent Calendar items may be enacted, approved or adopted, based upon the findings prepared and provided in the written staff report, by one motion unless requested to be removed by anyone for discussion or explanation. If any member of the Planning Commission, staff, the applicant or a member of the public wishes to comment on a Consent Calendar item, or would like the item to be heard on the regular agenda, please notify Planning staff, or request this action at the Planning Commission meeting when the Chair calls for these requests during the Consent Calendar review. Items listed on the Consent Calendar with associated file numbers constitute Public Hearing items. 1.A 22-823 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of May 25, 2022 Meeting Recommendation: Approve the Planning Commission Minutes of the May 25, 2022 Meeting 1.B 22-685 Action on a Variance to Maintain a One-Car Garage with a 597 Square Foot Addition to a Single-Family Residence at 723 Scott Boulevard Recommendation: Approve the Variance to allow a 597 square foot rear addition to a single-family residence and maintain an attached one-car garage, subject to conditions of approval 1.C 22-753 Action on Use Permit to allow on-site sale and consumption of beer and wine for a new Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market at 2040 Wyatt Drive, Suite 110 Recommendation: Adopt a resolution approving a Use Permit to allow the on-site sale and consumption of beer and wine (ABC License Type 41) for a new Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market at 2040 Wyatt Street, suite 110, subject to conditions of approval. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Members of the public may briefly address the Commission on any item not on the agenda. City of Santa Clara Page 2 of 5 Printed on 6/10/2022 Planning Commission Meeting Agenda June 15, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING Items listed above under Items for Council Action will be scheduled for Council review following the conclusion of hearings and recommendations by the Planning Commission. Due to timing of notices for Council hearings and the preparation of Council agenda reports, these items will not necessarily be heard on the date the minutes from this meeting are forwarded to the Council. Please contact the Planning Division office for information on the schedule of hearings for these items. 2. 22-718 Actions on a Proposed Multi-family Residential Project to Develop 60 units (40 Townhomes and 20 Flats) at 3141 - 3155 El Camino Real Recommendation: Alternatives:1, 2 and 4 1. Adopt a resolution to recommend the City Council adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the 3155 El Camino Real Residential Project. 2. Adopt a resolution to recommend the City Council approve a rezoning from Thoroughfare Commercial (CT) to Planned Development (PD) to allow a 60 condominium unit development consisting of 40 townhomes and 20 flats, private street, landscaped open space, surface parking and site improvements, at a height of two and three stories. [Developer’s Proposal] 4. Adopt a resolution to recommend the City Council approve the Tentative Tract Map to subdivide the land into residential condominiums and a common interest lot to serve the development. 3. 22-489 Public Hearing: Review of the Proposed FY 2022/23 and FY 2023/24 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget for Conformity with the City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution making findings on the conformity of the Proposed FY 2022/23 & FY 2023/24 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget with the 2010-2035 General Plan. 4. 22-763 Election of Planning Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary Recommendation: There is no staff recommendation. City of Santa Clara Page 3 of 5 Printed on 6/10/2022 Planning Commission Meeting Agenda June 15, 2022 REPORTS OF COMMISSION/BOARD LIAISON AND COMMITTEE: 1. Announcements/Other Items 2. Commissioner Travel and Training Reports, Requests to attend Trainings DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORTS: 1. Planning Commission Budget Update 2. Upcoming Agenda Items 3. City Council Actions ADJOURNMENT: The next scheduled meeting is on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers. City of Santa Clara Page 4 of 5 Printed on 6/10/2022 Planning Commission Meeting Agenda June 15, 2022 The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge, which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clara, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies. If a member of the public submits a speaker card for any agenda items, their name will appear in the Minutes. If no speaker card is submitted, the Minutes will reflect "Public Speaker." In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the City of Santa Clara will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities, and will ensure that all existing facilities will be made accessible to the maximum extent feasible. The City of Santa Clara will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities including those with speech, hearing, or vision impairments so they can participate equally in the City’s programs, services, and activities. The City of Santa Clara will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. Agendas and other written materials distributed during a public meeting that are public record will be made available by the City in an appropriate alternative format. Contact the City Clerk’s Office at 1 408-615-2220 with your request for an alternative format copy of the agenda or other written materials. Individuals who require an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or any other disability-related modification of policies or procedures, or other accommodation, in order to participate in a program, service, or activity of the City of Santa Clara, should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 408-615-3000 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event. City of Santa Clara Page 5 of 5 Printed on 6/10/2022