CC 12-21-2021 Item No. 24 Westport Development_Staff PresentationDecember 21, 2021
Westport Development
(M-2021-002, ASA-2021-007, EXC-
2021-003)
21267 Stevens Creek Boulevard
CC 12-21-2021 Item No. 24
Subject
Consider modifications to the approved
Westport Development project which include
adjusting unit mix in the assisted living facility
(Building 1) to 123 assisted living units and 35
memory care rooms, reclassification of
approximately 8,000 square feet of public
dining area to private dining, reducing the
underground parking to reflect adjustments in
uses, and reduction of massing on the top
floor to accommodate a sixth-floor aqua
therapy pool
City Council Action December 7,
2021
Continue item to 12/21/2021
Place dining facility at a different location in building,
so the ground retail portion is not modified from the
approved project.
Explore potential for one of townhouses or rowhouses
be affordable as a Below-Market-Rate (BMR) unit for-
sale or for-rent; and
Explore extending subterranean garage under
Building 2.
Project Data
Approved on August
18, 2020
Proposal Presented on
December 7, 2021
Revised
Proposal
Units within Building 1 131 123
123
Total number of units within
the Westport Development 267 259
259
Residential Density 33.79 du/acre 32.78 du/acre
32.78
du/acre
Height of Structures Building 1 – 79.5 feet No Change
No Change
Memory Care Rooms 27 35
35
Building 1 Parking
Residential 81 80 No Change
Residential Care 27 28 No Change
Retail 103 41 71
Total Building 1 211 149 179
Building 1 Retail
Stevens Creek Boulevard
frontage
91%100%100%
Rear of building 57% 57% 83%
Retail Square Footage 17,600 10,000 17,600
3,500 square foot retail unit will be added to sickle
portion facing Mary Avenue
Parking ramp will now go under the Central
Green.
Approximately 14,100 square feet of retail along
Stevens Creek Blvd.
Increase of 4,100 square feet of retail from
originally approved project.
Reducing parking space count by 32 spaces, instead
of 62 to account for increase in retail.
Addition of Retail
Addition of Retail
Approved Building 1
Ground Floor
Proposed Building 1
Ground Floor
Unit Mix Count
Table 1 Unit Comparability Between Buildings 1 &2
Approved Building 1 (131 Units)Studio One Bedroom Two Bedroom
Average Unit Size 537.7 s.f. 691.3 s.f. 1,087 s.f.
Unit Count 26 74 31
Mix Percentage 20% 56% 24%
Proposed Building 1 (123 Units) Studio One Bedroom Two Bedroom
Average Unit Size 530 s.f. 710 s.f. 1,110 s.f.
Unit Count 12 75 36
Mix Percentage 10% 61% 29%
Building 2 (48 Units)Studio One Bedroom Two Bedroom
Average Unit Size 518.6 s.f. 615.7 s.f. 843 s.f.
Unit Count 928 11
Mix Percentage 19% 58% 23%
Unit Mix Count
BMR Manual’s standard of “comparability.”
●Shall be comparable to market rate units in terms of
unit type, number of bedrooms per unit, quality of
exterior appearance and overall quality of
construction.
Unit size should be generally representative of the
unit sizes within the market-rate portion of residential
project.
Interior features and finishes in affordable units shall
be durable, of good quality and consistent with
contemporary standards for new housing.
Building 1 Physical Modifications
71.5 feet63.5
feet
71.5
feet
Common Open Space
●Required - Heart of the City Specific Plan is
38,850 square feet (Proposed 259 units x 150
square feet)
●Entitled - 44,945 square feet
●Proposed – 44,100 square feet
Environmental Review/EIR
An Initial Study was prepared and a Final EIR
(State Clearinghouse 2019070377) was
certified for project. Proposed changes to
project would not have any new or
substantially more severe significant
environmental impacts.
Denial of Proposed Modifications
of Westport Project
Is inconsistent with the BMR Manual’s
standard of comparability as the Below
Market rate units in Building
Approval of Proposed
Modifications of Westport Project
Is consistent with the BMR Manual’s
standard of comparability
That HOC Exception for original project was
approved because development frontage
is adjacent to the on-ramp for Highway 85.
Commercial component is not
required to be located along
secondary streets such as Mary
Avenue.
Next Step
The City Council’s decision will be final
unless reconsidered within 10 days of
the decision.