101-City Council Report.pdf COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Meeting:
January 17, 2012
Technical amendments and clarifications to the General Plan Land Use Map, Zoning Map and
Heart of the City Specific Plan.
Subject
Conduct second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 11-2086 (Attachment A) amending the City of
Cupertino Zoning Map and Ordinance No. 11-2087 (Attachment B) amending the Heart of the
City Specific Plan.
Recommended Action
This includes amending the zoning for the Rosebowl, Main Street and Four Corners properties
from Planned Development (General Commercial, Light Industrial, Residential) or P(CG, ML,
Res) per the Council direction at the first reading to Planned Development (General Commercial,
Planned Office, Light Industrial, Residential) or P(CG, OP, ML, Res). Additional information
on this amendment is provided later in the staff report.
Application: Z-2011-05, SPA-2011-01 and GPA-2011-04
Description
Applicant: City of Cupertino
Location: Citywide
Application Summary: Technical amendments and clarifications to the General Plan Land Use
Map, Zoning Map and Heart of the City Specific Plan related solely to the Heart of the City area.
The proposed amendments move the General Plan land use and zoning designations into a land
use/zoning map in the Heart of the City Specific Plan.
On November 15, 2011, the City Council conducted the first readings of Ordinance No. 11-2086
and Ordinance No. 11-2087 for amendments solely related to the Heart of the City area. The
Council also adopted Resolution No. 11-190 amending the General Plan Land Use Map to
specify the boundaries of the Heart of the City Specific Plan area and to refer solely to the Heart
of the City Specific Plan for the land use designations. The amendment to the General Plan Land
Use Map does not require a second reading, but will become effective simultaneously with the
effective date of the amendments to the City of Cupertino Zoning Map and Heart of the City
Specific Plan.
Discussion
The Council’s changes included adding a reference to Chapter 19.12 (Administration chapter of
the City’s Zoning Ordinance) on the Exception Process for Development Standards and
clarifications to the land use/zoning designations to the following properties located in the Heart
of the City Specific Plan area:
1. Biltmore Apartments – zone as P(R3) 10-20
2. Abundant Life Church – zone as P(CG, Res) and clarify that existing churches with a use
permit are permitted
3. City Center North – zone as P(CG, OP, Res)
4. Sears/Vallco Mall – zone as P(CG)
5. Rosebowl and Main Street – zone as P(CG, ML, Res)
6. Apple sites on Vallco Parkway – zone as P(MP, CG)
These changes have been incorporated into Exhibit A of Attachment B, Ordinance No. 11-2087.
Main Street/Rosebowl/Stevens Creek and N. Tantau sites
The City has recently received requests by the owners of Main Street and the Rosebowl project
sites (Sand Hill Property Company and KCR Development, respectively) to add the Planned
Office (OP) zoning to the proposed land use/zoning designation. This will allow them to retain
the “O” or “office” use designation under the current zoning. The zoning for the Rosebowl site
is currently P(CG, ML, O, Hotel, Regional Shopping, Res). The zoning for the Main Street and
sites east is P(CG, O, ML, Hotel, Res). Staff had previously recommended a zoning of P(CG,
OP, Res) for both sites. However, the Council after further consideration chose to rezone the site
P(CG, ML, Res) to retain the ML or Light Industrial zoning at the first reading on November 15,
2011. The Council staff report for the first reading dated November 15, 2011 (Attachment D)
provides a detailed discussion on the current and recommended zoning.
The Planned Office (OP) zone allows: professional offices, executive administrative offices,
medical and allied laboratories, research and development (with no product for final
consumption). The General Commercial (CG) zone allows professional and administrative
offices and the Light Industrial (ML) zone allows laboratories, which include medical, and
research and development laboratories. However, the applicants believe that the OP zone will
give better clarity to their ability to build office uses on the site.
Staff supports the request of adding the OP designation to these sites as recommended at the
November 15, 2011 City Council meeting. This change could be considered minor and is
consistent with the staff recommendation that was considered by the City Council at the first
reading on November 15, 2011. Therefore, this change could be included as part of the second
reading, and a new first reading is not required.
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Prepared by: Aki Honda Snelling, AICP, Senior Planner
Reviewed by:
Aarti Shrivastava, Community Development Director
Gary Chao, City Planner
Approved for Submission by:
Attachments:
David W. Knapp, City Manager
Attachment A: Ordinance No. 11-2086 for Z-2011-05
Attachment B: Ordinance No. 11-2087 for SPA-2011-01
Attachment C: Resolution No. 11-190 for GPA-2011-04
Attachment D: November 15, 2011 City Council Report
Attachment E: Updated redlined text changes in the Specific Plan
Attachment F: List of properties within the Heart of the City Area