Planning Commission

City of Sunnyvale Notice and Agenda Planning Commission Monday, March 25, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room (Room 145), City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 No Study Session | Public Hearing - 7:00 PM Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/91827390357 Public Participation • In-person participation: You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving it to the Recording Officer. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option. The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications. • Online participation: You may provide audio public comment by connecting to the meeting online or by telephone. Use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak (*9 on a telephone): Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/91827390357 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 http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings or on television over Comcast Channel 15, 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 City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Printed on 3/21/2024 Planning Commission Notice and Agenda March 25, 2024 • 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)). NO STUDY SESSION 7 P.M. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING CALL TO ORDER Call to Order via teleconference and in the Bay Conference Room. SALUTE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting. Such a determination shall be made prior to opening public comment on 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 City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Printed on 3/21/2024 Planning Commission Notice and Agenda March 25, 2024 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. 1.A 24-0492 Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of March 11, 2024 Recommendation: Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of March 11, 2024 as submitted. 1.B 24-0513 REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE APRIL 22, 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING Proposed Project: Related applications on a 45.6-acre site: Related applications on a 45.6-acre site: USE PERMIT: to demolish an existing recreation center, surface parking lot, and six-level parking structure to allow a new 592,567 square-foot research and development (R&D) building along Central Expressway; demolition of four buildings (928 E. Arques Ave., 242 Commercial St., 230 Commercial St., and 222 Commercial St.) to allow for a new seven-story parking structure along Commercial Street; demolition of one building at 930 E. California Ave. to allow for the expansion of an existing PG&E electrical substation; and installation of associated site improvements around the proposed R&D building and parking structure. The site would retain four existing industrial/office/R&D buildings, including an office building (930 E. Arques Ave.), Building 81 (974 E. Arques Ave.), Building 85 (978 E. Arques Ave.), and a central utility plant. The project includes merging seven existing lots to form a larger campus parcel, with one existing lot remaining at 222 Commercial St. VARIANCE: to exceed the maximum height limit and floor plate sizes specified in the Arques Campus Specific Plan. Location: 974 East Arques Avenue (APNs: 205-36-006, -007 and -008); 928-930 East Arques Avenue (APN: 205-35-017); 222, 230 and 242 Commercial Street (APNs: 205-35-006, 007 and 008) and 930 East California Street (APN 205-35-003). File #: PLNG-2023-0134 Zoning: M-S Applicant / Owner: Applied Materials (Applicant/Owner) Environmental Review: A CEQA Addendum to the Arques Specific Plan EIR and the Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) of the City’s General Plan has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164. Project Planner: Cindy Hom, Associate Planner (408) 730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Printed on 3/21/2024 Planning Commission Notice and Agenda March 25, 2024 Recommendation: RECOMMENDATION Continue the Planning Commission hearing date to April 22, 2024. 1.C 24-0518 REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TO APRIL 22, 2024 Proposed Project: Appeal of a decision by the Zoning Administrator denying a VARIANCE to legalize an existing 112 square foot detached accessory structure in the rear yard of a single-family property with a two-foot, five-inch side setback where four-feet minimum is required, and a two-foot, two-inch rear yard setback where ten feet minimum is required. Location: 160 South Pastoria Avenue (APN: 165-15-007) File #: PLNG-2023-0642 Zoning: R-2 (Low Medium Density Residential) General Plan: Residential Low Medium Density (RLM) Applicant / Owner: Scott McClennan (applicant) / Tracy and Scott McClennan (owner) Environmental Review: Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions. Project Planner: Robby Miller, 408-730-7429, rmiller@sunnyvale.ca.gov Recommendation: Continue to the Planning Commission hearing date of April 22, 2024. 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. STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments -Staff Comments ADJOURNMENT Notice to the Public: City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Printed on 3/21/2024 Planning Commission Notice and Agenda March 25, 2024 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 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov and during normal business hours at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue. 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. City of Sunnyvale Page 5 Printed on 3/21/2024