Zoning Administrator Hearing
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · February 12, 2025
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
Zoning Administrator Hearing
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 3:00 PM Teleconference: City Web Stream
Public Participation
George Schroeder, Zoning Administrator, called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT (SDP) to allow on-sale general
alcoholic beverage service including on-site consumption at a
restaurant with an outdoor covered patio.
Location: 240 S. Taaffe Street Suite J134 (APN: 209-35-032)
File #: PLNG-2024-0584
Zoning: DSP-18 (Downtown Specific Plan Block 18)
Applicant / Owner: Sunny Tam (applicant) / STC Venture Block 3RWS LLC
(owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Wendy Lao, 408-730-7408, wlao@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Mr. Schroeder inquired with Wendy Lao, Project Planner, if there were any
additions to the staff report.
Ms. Lao had no updates or additional comments.
Mr. Schroeder inquired with the applicant if they had any updates or comments.
Sunny Tam, applicant, had no updates or additional comments.
Mr. Schroeder opened the hearing to public comments.
No members of the public wished to speak on this item.
Mr. Schroeder closed the hearing to public comments.
ACTION: Alternative 1. Approve the Special Development Permit with
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recommended Conditions in Attachment 3.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Schroeder adjourned the hearing at 3:04 p.m.
Public Participation Options
Online public comment:
Written public comment:
Public review of items:
Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice
LEGAL NOTICES
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda - Final
Zoning Administrator Hearing
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 3:00 PM Teleconference: City Web Stream
Public Participation
View the end of the agenda for information on:
• Public participation options
• Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice
• Legal notices
CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order via teleconference.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
To speak on a public hearing item, refer to notice at the end of this agenda. Each
speaker is limited to three minutes.
25-0318 Proposed Project:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT (SDP) to allow on-sale general
alcoholic beverage service including on-site consumption at a
restaurant with an outdoor covered patio.
Location: 240 S. Taaffe Street Suite J134 (APN: 209-35-032)
File #: PLNG-2024-0584
Zoning: DSP-18 (Downtown Specific Plan Block 18)
Applicant / Owner: Sunny Tam (applicant) / STC Venture Block 3RWS LLC
(owner)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption relieves this project
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions.
Project Planner: Wendy Lao, 408-730-7408, wlao@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Recommendation: Alternative 1. Approve the Special Development Permit with
recommended Conditions in Attachment 3.
ADJOURNMENT
Public Participation Options
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Online public comment:
To provide audio public comment, connect 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/94442399040
Meeting call in telephone number: 833 548 0276 | Meeting ID: 944 4239 9040
(*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute)
Watch the Zoning Administrator Hearing at
http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings
Written public comment:
Email comments to the Zoning Administrator no later than 4 hours before the
hearing at planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov. You can also mail or deliver comments to:
Planning Division, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Public review of items:
You can view reports on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov. Contact Planning
Division at 408-730-7440 or planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov for questions.
Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the City will make reasonable
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this hearing. If you need special assistance,
please contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Reach the Planning
Division at 408-730-7440 or planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)).
LEGAL NOTICES
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 1094.5.
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