City Attorney Ballot Title and SummaryCITY ATTORNEY'S BALLOT TITLE AND SUMMARY FOR PROPOSED
INITIATIVE SUBMITTED ON APRIL 6, 2016
TITLE: Initiative (1) amending Cupertino's General Plan requirements for the North De
Anza Gateway to increase the existing allocations by 35,000 commercial square feet and
156 hotel rooms, increase the maximum building height from 45 to 58 feet, and remove
some development standards; (2) establishing a new "Gateway Zoning District" to allow
greater building heights and new permitted uses in certain areas and applying this zoning
to the North De Anza Gateway; and (3) requiring conditions of approval for the North De
Anza Gateway to include certain community benefits, and setting parking limits.
SUMMARY: The Initiative involves the property designated in Cupertino's General
Plan (Community Vision 2015 — 2040) as the North De Anza Gateway ("Property"),
located in the Homestead Special Area at the corner of Homestead Road and De Anza
Boulevard, off of Highway 280. The Property currently contains the 126-room Cupertino
Inn and Goodyear Tire.
The proposed Initiative:
1. Amends the City's General Plan requirements for the Property to:
a. increase the existing commercial allocation by 35,000 square feet and
designate this additional allocation specifically for the Property;
b. increase the existing hotel allocation by 156 rooms and designate this
additional allocation specifically for the Property;
C. increase the maximum building height from 45 feet to 58 feet; and
d. remove "Building Plane and site line requirements";
2. Amends the City's Zoning Code to:
a. establish a new Gateway Zoning District (G) for areas designated as
gateways or important roadway intersections, which district:
i. allows the same permitted, conditional, and excluded uses as for
General Commercial Zoning Districts, except that it additionally
permits specialty food stores, eating establishments, hotels, and
conference centers;
ii.
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provides that development standards shall be determined "in
accordance with the specific requirements of each gateway project,"
but allows a maximum building height of 58 feet, unless greater
heights are permitted by the General Plan or an applicable Specific
Plan; and
iii. includes a parking requirement of one space per unit and employee
and a bicycle parking requirement of 5% more than auto parking;
b. change the zoning for the Property to G (Gateway);
3. States that, in exchange for various development allocations provided by the
Initiative, and maximum building heights of 58 feet, the conditions of approval for
the Property shall include the following:
a. 12 reserved days per year for free use of the conference center for school
related events for the identified Cupertino Related School Districts;
b. 24 free hotel rooms per year for reservation by Cupertino Union School
District and Fremont High School District for educational purposes;
C. for any hotel in excess of 48-feet, subsurface parking for at least 75% of
required parking spaces, with a set maximum of 165 spaces (for all uses
associated with a 156-room hotel and conference center), and no more than
180 parking spaces, in any event.
4. Makes associated findings;
5. States that it is consistent with the Cupertino Citizen's Sensible Growth Initiative
and other initiatives on the November 2016 ballot, or a valid modification thereof,
and
6. States that its provisions may only be amended or repealed by the voters.