REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on Architectural Review (PLN23-00502) to Demolish the Existing 48,977 Square Foot Structure and Install a 187-Stall Surface Parking Lot at 3071 Stevens Creek Blvd
Report
File No.: PLN23-00502
Location: 3071 Stevens Creek Boulevard, a 3.4-acre lot located on the corner of North Winchester Street and Stevens Creek, APN: 274-43-091; property is zoned Community Commercial (CC).
Applicant: HMH Engineers
Owner(s): VF Mall LLC
Request: Architectural Review to demolish the existing 48,977 square foot. structure, and pave and stripe a 187-stall surface parking lot at 3071 Stevens Creek Blvd. The project site is approximately 3.4 acres. No new structures are proposed currently.
Project Data
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
Points for Consideration
* The proposed project is located near the Westfield Valley Fair Mall, surrounded by commercial structures and surface parking in both Santa Clara and neighboring San Jose.
* The site is currently occupied by a vacant grocery store and a 106-parking stall surface parking lot.
* Per the Santa Clara City Code 12.120(D)7 the request requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing.
* The applicant proposes to demolish the grocery store, grade the portion of the parcel that was occupied by the building, and extend the present surface parking lot for a total of 187 parking stalls.
* The project is mostly consistent with the City's parking and landscaping regulations and Section 18.36.060 J. Parking Lot Landscaping.
o The project is conditioned to revise the site plan meet the requirement for the number of trees and tree well size (18.36.060(J)(1) & (2).
* The proposed project was cleared by the City's Project Clearance Committee on February 13, 2024.
* There are no active City Code enforcement cases for this property.
* A neighborhood notice was distributed within a 300-foot r...
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