City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: ACTION ITEMS
Lead Department: Planning and Development Services
Meeting Date: May 27, 2025
Report #:2505-4639
TITLE
PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 4075 El Camino Way [23PLN-00202]: Recommendation on Applicant’s Request for an Amendment to a Planned Community Zone District (PC-5116) to Allow for Modifications to an Existing 121-Unit Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility. The Additions Would Include 16 Additional Assisted Living Units and 172 Square Feet of Additional Support Space. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Modifications to Existing Facilities). Zoning District: PC-5116 (Planned Community). (Continued from 5/5/2025 - On May 5, 2025, the Council Received Presentations and Public Testimony; the Item Will be Continued to May 27 for Council Deliberation and Action - No Public Testimony Will be Heard on May 27.)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council take the following actions (consistent with the prior report):
1. Find the project exempt from CEQA in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301;
2. Adopt the ordinance in Attachment B, amending Planned Community Ordinance 5116; and
3. Approve the Record of Land Use Action in Attachment C based on findings and subject to conditions of approval.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
On May 5, 2025, the City Council considered this item and voted to continue it to a date uncertain. At this meeting, City Council heard the staff presentation, applicants’ presentation, and public comments. The prior report and attachments are available online here:
https://cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=16065
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
As the item was continued to a date uncertain, the Palo Alto Municipal Code requires notice of this public hearing be published in a local paper and mailed to owners and occupants of property within 600 feet of the subject property at least ten days in advance. Notice and postcard mailing in advance of a public hearing for this project was published in the Daily Post on May 15, 2025, which is 13 days in advance of the meeting.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
APPROVED BY:
Jonathan Lait, Planning and Development Services Director