Reso 6890 CITY OF CUPERTINO
10300 Torre Avenue
lif Cupertino, California 95014 o
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RESOLUTION NO. 6890
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CUPERTINO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATIONS IN THE
HOMESTEAD SPECIAL AREA AND TO ALLOW INCREASED HEIGHTS AND
REDUCED BUILDING PLANE WITHIN THE NORTH DE ANZA GATEWAY
SPECIFIC TO THIS DEVELOPMENT IN FIGURE LU-1
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the General Plan
Amendment, in substantially similar form to the Draft Resolution attached hereto as
Exhibit GPA.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission of the City
of Cupertino the 10th day of December 2019, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Chair Wang, Moore, Fung, Takahashi
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: none
ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: none
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Vice Chair Saxena
ATTEST: APPRO 0:
Benjamin Fu R "Ray" Wang
Dir. of Community Development Chair, Planning Commission
EXHIBIT GPA
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE
DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATIONS IN THE HOMESTEAD SPECIAL AREA
AND TO ALLOW INCREASED HEIGHTS AND REDUCED BUILDING
PLANE WITHIN THE NORTH DE ANZA GATEWAY SPECIFIC TO THIS
DEVELOPMENT IN FIGURE LU-1
SECTION I: PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Application No: GPA-2018-01
Applicant: De Anza Properties (Sherly Kwok)
Property Owner: Northwest Properties, LP
Location: 10931 N De Anza Blvd. (APN #326-10-061)
SECTION II: RECITALS
WHEREAS, upon review of a General Plan Amendment Authorization Application
(GPAAuth-2018-01), the City Council of the City of Cupertino authorized the applicant
to submit an application for a General Plan Amendment and authorized staff to review
the proposed General Plan Amendments on January 15, 2019;
WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino received the application for a General Plan
Amendment as described in Section I. of this resolution; and
WHEREAS,the Citywide Development Allocation Between 2014-2040 (Table LU-1)of the
Cupertino General Plan has insufficient hotel room allocation to accommodate a 155-
room hotel; and
WHEREAS, Figure LU-2: Community Form Diagram of the Cupertino General Plan is
revised to provide the necessary height and building plane standards for this hotel
development; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan Amendment to Development Allocations, building plane,
and height is fully described and analyzed in the July 2, 2019 Public Draft Initial Study
for The De Anza Hotel Project (Draft IS/MND); and
WHEREAS, the City'of Cupertino'slEnvironmental Review Committee at its August 1,
2019 meeting-reviewed the DraftS/NAND, received public comments, and voted 5-0 to
recommend that the City Council adopt of a Mitigated Negative Declaration ("MND");
and
WHEREAS,based on substantial evidence in the administrative record, on December 10,
2019, the Planning Commission recommended on a X-X vote that the City Council adopt
the MND (EA-2018-03) for the Project, , adopt and incorporate into the Project and
implement as conditions of approval all of the mitigation measures for the Project within
the responsibility and jurisdiction of the City that are identified in the Final IS/MND, and
adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project prior to taking
final action on the Project; and
WHEREAS,on December 10,2019 the Planning Commission recommended on a X-X vote
that the City Council approve the General Plan Amendment (GPA-2018-01), in
substantially similar form to the Resolution presented (Resolution No. ), approve
the Development Permit (DP-2018-01) in substantially similar form to the Resolution
presented (Resolution No. ), approve the Architectural and Site Approval Permit
(ASA-2018-02) in substantially similar form to the Resolution presented (Resolution No.
), approve the Use Permit(U-2018-02)in substantially similar form to the Resolution
presented (Resolution No. ), approve and adopt an ordinance to approve a
Development Agreement (DA-2018-01) in substantially similar form to the Ordinance
presented; and
WHEREAS, all necessary public notices having been given as required by the procedural
ordinances of the City of Cupertino and the Government Code, on January 21, 2020, the
City Council held a public hearing to consider the General Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cupertino is the decision-making body for
this Resolution;
WHEREAS, after consideration of substantial evidence contained in the entire
administrative record, at the public hearing on January 21,2020 the City Council adopted
Resolution No. [####J adopting the MND;
WHEREAS, the applicant has met the burden of proof required to support application
for a General Plan Amendment.
SECTION III: RESOLUTIONS
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
After careful consideration of the, maps, facts, exhibits, testimony and other evidence
submitted in this matter, the City Council hereby adopts amendments to the General Plan
(Application No. GPA-2018-01) as shown in Exhibit GPA-1 and authorizes the staff to
make grammatical, typographical, numbering, and formatting changes necessary to assist
in production of the final published General Plan
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: •
The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are included herein by reference as findings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
The City Council finds this Resolution is within the scope of the Draft IS/MND and directs
the Director of Community Development to file a Notice of Determination with the Santa
Clara County Recorder in accordance with CEQA guidelines.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of January 2020, at a Regular Meeting of the City
Council of the City of Cupertino, State of California,by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
Steven Scharf, Mayor Date
City of Cupertino
ATTEST:
Grace Schmidt, City Clerk Date
EXHIBIT GPA-1
Amend Chapter 3, Page LU-13 related to Homestead Special Area as follows:
Table LU-1: Citywide Development Allocation Between 2014-2040
Commercial(s.f.) Office(s.f.) Hotel(rooms) Residential(units)
Current Current Current Current
Built Built
Buildout Available Built Buildout Available (Oct.t7 Buildout Available / Buildout Available
(Oct.7, (Oct.7, (Oct.7
2014) 2014) 2014) 2014)
(No change to Heart of the City and Valico Shopping District)
Homestead 291,408 291,408 - 69,550 69,550 - 126 1126 281 155 600 750 150
(No change to N.De Anza Blvd.,N.Vallco,S.De Anza,Bubb,Monta Vista Village,Other or Ma;or Employers)
Citywide 3,632,065 4,430,982 798,917 8,916,179 9,470,005 553,826 1,116 1,6111,769 498 653 21,412 23,294 1,882
Totals
No changes to footnotes
Amend Chapter 3, Pages LU-16 and 17 as follows:
Figure LU-2: Community Form Diagram
North De Anza Gateway
Maximum Residential Density
35 units per acre
Maximum Height
45 feet
Hotel Development for APN 326-10-061:
Maximum Height 85 feet
Building Planes:
• Maintain the primary building bulk below a 1:1 slope line drawn from the
arterial/boulevard curb line or lines except for the Crossroads Area.
• For the Crossroads area, see the Crossroads Streetscape Plan.
• For projects outside of the Vallco Shopping District Special Area that are adjacent to
residential areas: Heights and setbacks adjacent to residential areas will be
determined during project review.
• For projects within the Vallco Shopping District Special Area that are adjacent to the
North Blaney/Portal neighborhood: Maintain the primary building bulk below a 2:1
slope line drawn from the adjacent residential property line.
• For the North and South Vallco Park areas: Maintain the primary building bulk
below a 1.5:1 (i.e., 1.5 feet of setback for every 1 foot of building height) slope line
drawn from the Stevens Creek Blvd. and Homestead Road curb lines and below 1:1
slope line drawn from Wolfe Road and Tantau Avenue curb line.
• Parcel APN 326-10-061 within the N. De Anza Gateway: For hotel development,
maintain the building below the variable slope line approved with CC Resolution
No. 20-XXX