260 Homer Avenue
Pre-Screening
Presenter:
Garrett Sauls, Planner
www.cityofpaloalto.orgDecember 18, 2023
2 • Applicant is requesting to remove the
10,000 square foot office tenant
limitation established by original South
of Forest Area Phase 1 document.
• The applicant notes that removing this
limit will help them to maintain/attract
tenants that want to grow in place.
• There are no other physical changes
proposed at the site.
PURPOSE OF TONIGHT’S ITEM/PROJECT OVERVIEW
3 PROJECT LOCATION
4 When the City and Palo Alto Medical Foundation revised the 1991 development agreement in 2000, the City adopted limits on office development for the Attached Multi Family - Mixed Use Overlay district that applied to this property:
1. There shall be no single tenant that occupies more than one-third of the net usable office area - exclusive of common areas (Exhibit D-1 – Condition E)
2. No more than 96 employee work-stations shall be allowed in the new 30,000 sf office buildings (Exhibit D-1 – Condition F)
The one-third office tenant limit was mirrored in Section 3.3(c)(1) of the SOFA Phase 1 document when it was adopted in 2000 as a 10,000 sf office limit The existing mixed-use building was built in 2009 with five office units and two residential condos and was a product of the SOFA Phase 1 Development Agreement;
HISTORY
5 EXISTING FIRST, SECOND, & THIRD FLOOR PLAN
6 POLICY IMPLICATIONS
• The administrative record indicates
that the discussions around limiting
office development at the time
centered on:
• Maintaining a pedestrian
oriented environment through
the scale of buildings and how
they’re used;
• Maintaining the “homey” street
frontage of the SOFA area
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RECOMMENDATION
• Conduct a pre-screening and provide informal comments regarding the applicant’s request to modify the SOFA Phase 1 Document
Garrett Sauls
Planner
[email protected]
650-329-2471