Item 10.3
SP20-012/ER20-082 & T20-012 - Special Use Permit and Vesting Tentative Map for a Project Site Located at 605 Blossom Hill Road Presenter: Christopher Burton, Director PBCE
Special Use Permit to allow the demolition
of existing surface parking, the removal of 55
ordinance-size trees and 14 non-ordinance
trees, and the construction of one six-story
mixed use building (Building A) with 13,590
square feet of commercial space and 239
market-rate multi-family residential units
and one five-story multifamily residential
building (Building B) with 89 affordable
housing units, with improvements to the
Canoas Creek trail and extended
construction hours to include Saturdays from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PROPOSED
SP20-012 Project Description
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Vesting Tentative Map to merge the existing
two lots on the approximately 7.42-gross
acre Project Site to one lot and subdivide
into five lots for the mixed-use development
described above
Site Address: 605 Blossom Hill Road
Site Area: 7.42-gross acre
PROPOSED
T20-012 Project Description
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Site Description
• Site Address: 605 Blossom Hill Road
• Site Area: 7.42-gross acre
• Existing Use: VTA parking
• General Plan Land Use Designation:
Neighborhood Community Commercial, Blossom
Hill Road/Cahalan Avenue Urban Village Plan, and
subject to the Signature Project requirements per
General Plan Policy IP-5.10
• Zoning District: A Agriculture – This housing
project is implementing State Law AB 3194 to be
reviewed under the CP Commercial Pedestrian
Zoning District with no rezone application required
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Environmental Review
• Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) – circulated for 45 days, from March 10, 2022 to April 25, 2022
o Significant and Unavoidable Impact: Project VMT exceeds the City’s threshold o Less than Significant Impacts with mitigation incorporated for air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazardous, Construction noise and vibration
o Comments on DEIR included Soil testing standards; potential for lead in the soil, Transportation Demand Management Plan; ADA compliance; encroachment permits, CDFW permitting, removal of trees; lighting impacts on birds and habitat, loss of parking for the Blossom Hill station • First Amendment to the DEIR including Responses to Comments – posted to City’s website July 1, 2022
• No re-circulation of DEIR necessary
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Staff Recommendations
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1. Adopt a resolution certifying the Blossom Hill Station Project Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2020100005), and make certain findings concerning significant impacts, mitigation measures, and alternatives, and adopting a statement of overriding considerations and mitigation monitoring program, all in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, as amended.
2. Adopt a resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Vesting Tentative Map to merge the existing two lots on the approximately 7.42-gross acre Project Site to one lot and subdivide into five lots.
3. Adopt a resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Special Use Permit to allow the demolition of existing surface parking, the removal of 55 ordinance-size trees and 14 non-ordinance trees, and the construction of one six-story mixed use building with 13,590 square feet of commercial space and 239 market-rate multi-family residential units and one five-story multifamily residential building with 89 affordable housing units, with trail improvements to Canoas Creek, on a 5.39- gross acre portion of the Project Site. Includes extended construction hours to include Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SP20-012/ER20-082 & T20-012 - Special Use Permit
and Vesting Tentative Map for a Project Site
Located at 605 Blossom Hill Road
Q&A / Discussion
Item 10.3
SP20-012/ER20-082 & T20-012 - Special Use Permit and Vesting Tentative Map for a Project Site Located at 605 Blossom Hill Road Presenter: Christopher Burton, Director PBCE