REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Rezone from Planned Development (PD) to Planned Development (PD) of a property located at 2905 Stender Way to allow development of a four-story Data Center building (CoreSite SV9) (Continued from June 8, 2021 Council Meeting)
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 18, 2019, CoreSite Real Estate SV9 L.P. ("Applicant") filed an application for the 3.9-acre site at 2905 Stender Way that is currently developed with a single-story light industrial building that is subdivided into commercial condominiums.
The proposed project includes Rezoning from Planned Development (PD) to Planned Development (PD) to allow for operation of a data center with reduced parking from the standard requirement for a data center (CEQ2020-01075, PLN2019-14118). A Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program were prepared to fulfill the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for the project. The rezoning would allow development of a 250,000 square-foot four-story data center including 19,600 square-foot office space for the data center tenants, a new electric power substation, equipment yards and onsite improvements (SV9) with 48-megawatt (MW) connections to Silicon Valley Power (SVP) service on a 3.9-acre site. Site improvements would include the new SV9 data center building, a covered loading dock, exterior lighting, gated driveway access, parking lot, and perimeter landscaping.
The proposed redevelopment would be consistent with the City's General Plan land use designation in that the proposed project would implement specific goals and policies of the City's General Plan and result in land development that is compatible with City standards, surrounding land uses, and the overall General Plan strategies, goals and policies. The proposed PD zoning standards for this Project are largely consistent with the ML d...
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