Zoning Administrator Hearing

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes Zoning Administrator Hearing Wednesday, May 29, 2024 3:00 PM Teleconference: City Web Stream Public Participation Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice CALL TO ORDER George Schroeder, Zoning Administrator, called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS Proposed Project: Related applications on a 0.66-acre site: USE PERMIT to allow the removal of an unpermitted chain-link fence and replacement with a new 8-foot tall steel picket fence along the front yards, and VARIANCE to allow a new rolling parking lot gate within the driveway vision triangle. Location: 904 Weddell Court (APN: 110-13-065) File #: PLNG-2023-0158 Zoning: M-S(Industrial and Services)/POA (Places of Assembly Combining District) Applicant / Owner: Studio G Architects, Inc. (applicant) /904 Weddell Court LLC (owner) Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions. Project Planner: Cindy Hom, 408-730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov Mr. Schroeder inquired with Cindy Hom, Project Planner, if there were any additions to the staff report. Ms. Hom noted a correction to the legal ad. The address was listed as 904 Weddell Drive instead of 904 Weddell Court. She also noted the corner vision triangle should be a driveway vision triangle. Mr. Schroeder inquired with Ms. Hom if the Traffic Division reviewed the encroachment of parking spaces into the driveway vision triangle. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Zoning Administrator Hearing Meeting Minutes May 29, 2024 Ms. Hom confirmed that the Public Works and Traffic departments reviewed the encroachment. Mr. Schroeder inquired if the Public Works and Traffic departments had any concerns about the encroachment. Ms. Hom stated the driveway is approximately 135 feet from the Weddell Drive and Weddell Court intersection so there would be sufficient capacity to prevent any backing up of traffic. Mr. Schroeder stated the report notes that there would be a parking deficiency if the fence and gate would be outside of the vision triangle. He asked if it was known how many spaces would be taken. Ms. Hom stated it would be 2-3 parking spaces. Mr. Schroeder asked if the applicant had any updates or comments. Sergio Costa, applicant, corrected that 3-4 parking spaces would be impacted because of the vision triangle. The total number of parking spaces available would be 25-26 from the current total of 29. Mr. Costa stated he didn’t feel the proposed project would present any undue danger to pedestrians. Mr. Schroeder inquired if the business hours would be 7am-4pm as reported and if the gate would share the same hours of operation. He inquired how fire trucks and solid waste would be able to access the site outside of these hours. Mr. Costa confirmed the business and gate hours of operation would be 7am-4pm. He noted that the gate can be overridden by a knox box in front of the building by the Fire department. Solid Waste would not be able to override the gate and would have to come during the hours of operation which has been practice with the previous owners of the site. Mr. Schroeder asked if the owner had any comments. Thomas Newman, owner, had a slight correction. The gate also has a Fire department access key. City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Zoning Administrator Hearing Meeting Minutes May 29, 2024 Mr. Schroeder asked if there were any expected deliveries outside of business hours. Mr. Newman did not expect any deliveries to be made outside of business hours. Mr. Schroeder opened the hearing to public comments. No members of the public were present to comment on this item. Mr. Costa reiterated that he believes the project betters the property and helps with public welfare and safety. Mr. Schroeder closed the hearing to public comments. ACTION: Alternative 1. Approve the Use Permit and Variance with recommended Findings in Attachment 2 and recommended Conditions in Attachment 3. Proposed Project: SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to allow replacement of an existing eight-foot tall chain-link with barbed wire perimeter fence with a new 13-foot tall chain-link with barbed wire fence and installation of a new eight-foot tall parking lot fencing and gates on 1111 Lockheed Martin parcel and installation of a new 13-foot tall chain-link with barbed wire fencing along the rear property line for the site at 1235 N. Mathilda Avenue. Location: 1111 Lockheed Martin Way (110-44-007, 110-01-046) and 1235 N. Mathilda Avenue (110-02-015) File #: PLNG-2023-0680 Zoning: MP-AC and MP-R (110-44-007), MP-E2 (110-01-046) and MP-1 (110-02-015) Applicant / Owner: Gordon Prill, Inc. (applicant) / Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (owner) Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions. Project Planner: Cindy Hom, 408-730-7411, chom@sunnyvale.ca.gov Mr. Schroeder inquired with Cindy Hom, Project Planner, if there were any additions to the staff report. Ms. Hom had no updates. Ms. Hom noted the south perimeter fencing was approved via building permit 2015-5500. City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Zoning Administrator Hearing Meeting Minutes May 29, 2024 Mr. Schroeder noted there was a master use permit applied to the Lockheed property that was expired. He inquired if there was any mention of barbed wire in the master use permit. Ms. Hom stated there were provisions in regards to fencing and perimeter safety and a controlled access perimeter plan so the barbed wire should have been included in the plans, but were not explicit because of archived documents. Mr. Schroeder inquired if the proposed fencing style would match the existing fencing style currently on 5th Avenue. Ms. Hom confirmed the fencing style would be the same and that fencing style was approved with a City permit. Mr. Schroeder inquired if the fencing on 1st Avenue would be the same location as the existing fence. Ms. Hom confirmed the location of the fencing as the same as the existing location. Mr. Schroeder asked the applicant if they had any comments. Jeff Hanna, architect, stated the fencing was required to uphold government security standards. Mr. Schroeder asked if the federal government was requesting the taller fence height. Mr. Hanna confirmed the federal government was requesting the specifications of the fencing. Mr. Schroeder inquired if any other replacements were planned for the future. Mr. Hanna was not aware of any further requests for replacements. Mr. Schroeder opened the hearing to public comments. There were no members of the public that wished to speak on the item. Mr. Schroeder asked if Mr. Hanna had any final comments. City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Zoning Administrator Hearing Meeting Minutes May 29, 2024 Mr. Schroeder closed the hearing to public comments. Alternative 1. Approve the Special Development Permit with recommended Findings in Attachment 2 and recommended Conditions in Attachment 3. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Schroeder adjourned the hearing at 3:22 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 5