REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Adoption of an Addendum to a Previously Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMRP) and Action on the Architectural Review (PLN25-00093) for the Construction of an Approximately 145,000 Square Foot Industrial Building with Associated Site Improvements including a Surface Parking Lot and Landscaping Located at 3000 Bowers Avenue.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00093
Location: 3000 Bowers Avenue; an approximately seven-acre parcel located at the south west corner of Central Expressway and Bowers Avenue; APN: 216-48-033; the property is zoned High Intensity Office/ R&D (HO-RD)
Applicant: Sobrato Organization
Owner(s): SI 58 LLC
Request: Architectural Review for the construction of an approximately 145,000 square foot industrial building with associated site improvements including a surface parking lot and landscaping.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The project site is an approximately 7.19-acre site located along Central Expressway, Bowers Avenue, and Oakmead Village Court and is surrounded primarily by one-story industrial/office buildings. Adjacent zoning districts are a combination of Low-Intensity Office/Research and Development (LO-RD) and High-Intensity Office/Research and Development (HO-RD) zoned properties. See Vicinity Map in Attachment 1.
* The project site and proponents previously sought and were approved for an Architectural Review Permit (PLN2019-1422)-to allow two 165,000 square foot, five-story office buildings totaling approximately 330,000 square feet and a five-level garage with surface parking lots providing a total of 980 parking spaces. The associated Mitigated Negative Declaration was also adopted. The project site is currently vacant as a former two-story building at that location was demolished in 2015.
* The Applicant now proposes to develop the site with an app...
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