RESOLUTION NO. __________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA TO APPROVE A rezoning from planned development (PD) to heavy industrial (hi) TO ALLOW the proposed use of heavy industrial AT 2201 Lafayette STREET, SANTA CLARA (File No. PLN23-00208- Rezoning)
WHEREAS, on August 22, 2023, John Ha with Innovative Design Architecture (“Applicant”), on behalf of Cindy Cheng with Vista Grande Investment, LLC (“Owner”) filed an application (PLN23-00208) requesting a rezoning for the property located at 2201 Lafayette Street (APN: 224-03-087) (“Project Site”) in the City of Santa Clara; WHEREAS, the General Plan land use designation for the Project Site is Heavy Industrial; WHEREAS, the Project Site is zoned Planned Development (PD); WHEREAS, the Project Site is developed with an industrial building that was previously occupied with Union Stone, a construction materials retail showroom and warehouse; WHEREAS, the Property Owner applied to rezone the Project Site from Planned Development (PD) to Heavy Industrial (HI) to allow the existing building to be used for a heavy industrial business (“Project”) as shown on the development plans, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; WHEREAS, the Project is Categorically Exempt from formal environmental review per Section 15301, Class 1 “Existing Facilities” of the Guidelines of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), which applies to small additions and minor modifications to existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of the existing or former use. Here, the proposal involves a minor tenant improvement without changing the building footprint and minor site improvements and would represent a negligible expansion of the prior use; WHEREAS, on October 30, 2024, a notice of the public hearing on the proposed Rezoning was published in the The Weekly, a newspaper of general circulation for the City, for the City Council Hearing to be conducted on November 12, 2024; WHEREAS, on October 31, 2024, the notice of meeting date for this item was mailed to property owners within a 500-foot radius of the Project Site for the City Council hearing on November 12, 2024; and, WHEREAS, on November 12, 2024, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the rezoning application, at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to give testimony and the City Council considered the information presented in the Staff Report and all verbal and written evidence.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA AS FOLLOWS:
That the City Council hereby finds that the above Recitals are true and correct and by this reference makes them a part hereof. //
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That the City Council hereby approves rezoning the Project Site from Planned Development (PD) to Heavy Industrial (HI) to allow the existing buildings on the project site to be used for a heavy industrial business, as depicted on the attached Illustration Plan, incorporated herein by this reference.
Effective date. This resolution shall become effective immediately.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE A TRUE COPY OF A RESOLUTION PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD ON THE12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
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ABSTAINED: COUNCILORS:
ATTEST:
NORA PIMENTEL, MMC
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
Attachments Incorporated by Reference:
1. Development Plans
Resolution/ 2201 Lafayette Street - Rezoning Page 4 of 4 Rev. / Typed 12-2-22