REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on the Conditional Use Permit (PLN26-00375) to Allow 7,116 Square Feet of the Existing 16,576 Square Foot Warehouse to be Used as a Gymnastics Facility Located at 3051 Corvin Drive. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15301 (Class 1 - “Existing Facilities”).
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Applicant: Olga Kofman
Owner: Ping Li
General Plan: Medium Density Residential
Zoning: Lawrence Station Area Plan (LSAP)
Specific Plan: Lawrence Station Area Plan
Lot Size: 26,331 Square Feet
Existing Site Conditions: The site is currently developed with a 16,576 square foot warehouse building and associated 17 parking spaces.
Surrounding Land Uses:
North: Telecommunications service provider (LI)
East: Bay Club Santa Clara (LO-RD)
South: Santa Clara City Fire Department Station 9 (LI)
West: Mobile Auto Glass Specialist (LI)
BACKGROUND
The applicant, Olga Kofman on behalf of Bravo Rhythmic Gymnast, filed a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application (PLN26-00375) to allow a gymnastics facility within a portion of an existing warehouse building. The project site contains a one-story warehouse building largely surrounded by other light industrial uses to the north, west, and south. To the east is the Santa Clara Bay Club. The existing warehouse building is 16,576 square feet and the proposed gymnastics facility would occupy approximately 7,116 square feet of the building. The remaining approximately 9,460 square feet would remain available for warehouse use.
The project site is located within the boundaries of the Lawrence Station Area Specific Plan area. The Specific Plan was adopted on November 29, 2016, and envisions a high-density, residential urban neighborhood as existing industrial parks redevelop over time. Chapter 18.22 – Lawrence Station Area Plan Zoning District (LSAP) of the Santa Clara City Code includes provisions for legally established buildings and uses that existed before its adoption to remai...
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