REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN22-00495) for a Proposed Central Utility Building for Intel at 3065 Bowers Avenue
Report
File No.(s): PLN22-00495
Location: 3065 Bowers Avenue, a 26-acre parcel located to the northeast corner of Central Expressway and Bowers Avenue, APN: 216-46-015; property is zoned Planned Industrial (MP).
Applicant: John Schwarz
Owner: Intel International
Request: Architectural Review for a new 17,000 square feet Central Utility Building. On an approximately 1.3-acre portion of the Intel campus.
Project Data
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
Points for Consideration
* The project site is an approximately 1.3-acre area of the southwestern corner of the 26-acre Intel Bowers Campus located at 3065 Bowers Avenue.
* The project proposes to redevelop the approximately 1.3-acre portion of the Intel campus, which currently consists of paved surface parking and landscaped areas, with an up to 17,000-square foot Central Utility Building (CUB). The CUB structure would have a ground-level footprint of approximately 14,200 square feet with an additional 2,800 square feet of mechanical penthouse at the roof level, for a total building area of up to 17,000 square feet. The CUB would have a height of up to 50 feet to the top of parapet.
* Per the Santa Clara Code 18.120.020(D)(4), the project requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing.
* The proposed CUB would serve the existing and planned equipment at the SC1 cleanroom facility that is located within the central southwestern portion of the Intel Bowers Campus, directly adjacent to the proposed CUB. The SC1 cleanroom is utilized for the manufacture of microchips and other materials in a controlled environment. The CUB would house a chiller area, pumps, brine containment, generator yard, electrical substation/battery storage room, and mechanical equipment. The CU...
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