Downtown Specific Plan Amendment
Initiation
DSP Block 18
PLNG-2023-0306
City Council, August 8, 2023
2City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Downtown Districts
3City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Existing
Applicant’s Request
Site Information
• General Plan – Downtown Specific Plan
• Zoning – DSP/18 (Downtown Specific Plan, Block 18)
• Existing Land Use – Mixed Use (Commercial,
Residential, Office)
• Specific Plan Amendment Initiation to study changes:
o Development intensities (+ Office 205,000 s.f. max)
o Increase allowable height (85’ for sub block 6N)
4City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Block 18 - Overall Site Plan
5City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Block 18 - Sub-block 6 Current Allowances
• Residential Units 314 Remaining
• Office Square Footage ~20,000 Remaining
• Commercial Square Footage ~88,000 Remaining
• Without Flex space ~110,000 Available
• No minimum
• Building Height
• 75 ft (north)
• 85 ft (south)
6City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Murphy/McKinley Avenues
Massing Diagram with Height change
7City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Sunnyvale/McKinley Avenues
Massing Diagram with Height change
8City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Planning Commission Recommendation
Alternatives 1 & 2 (Modified):
1. Initiate a SPA study to consider amending DSP
Block 18:
Increase office square footage by 205,000 s.f.
Increase maximum building height from 75 ft. to 85
ft. (Sub-block 6);
Evaluate development standards for the transition of
buildings on Sunnyvale Avenue;
Consider Amendments to the current DA; and,
Find that the action is exempt from the California
Environmental Protection Act (CEQA)
2. Staff monitor progress on other Planning
applications, and to accept applications for DSPA
and DA amendment prior to January 1, 2024, if
workload allows.
9City of Sunnyvale – Downtown Specific Plan Block 18 –August 8, 2023 Staff Recommendation
Alternatives 1 & 2:
1. Initiate a SPA study to consider amending DSP
Block 18:
Increase office square footage by 205,000 s.f.
Increase maximum building height from 75 ft. to 85
ft. (Sub-block 6);
Evaluate development standards for the transition
of buildings on Sunnyvale Avenue;
Consider Amendments to the current DA; and,
Find that the action is exempt from the California
Environmental Protection Act (CEQA)
2. Accept applications for DSPA and DA amendments
after January 1, 2024.
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