REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
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)
Report
BACKGROUND
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 a Rezone from Planned Development (PD) to Planned Development (PD) to allow for reduced parking (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 includes architectural design approval for new construction and 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 project site is located at the intersection of Stender Way and Central Expressway. The project site is bound by a parcel developed with industrial uses to the north, Stender Way to the west, San Tomas Aquino Creek to the East and Central Expressway to the South. The assessor's parcel number is 216-29-108. CoreSite's SV3, SV4, SV5, SV6, SV7 & SV8 data centers are immediately west of the project site along Stender Way and Coronado Drive. Corporate offices for ON Semiconductor (Semiconductor supplier) are immediately to the north while San Tomas Aquino Creek and bike trail...
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