June 13, 2022 - Planning Commission public hearing

No longer on display. Expired on December 02, 2022, 07:00 PM

The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on these items via Zoom, on June 13, 2022, beginning at 7 p.m. or as near as possible thereafter, at which time and place interested persons may appear and be heard thereon. The Zoom link will be available with publication of the Planning Commission agenda, on the city website at menlopark.org/agendas, not less than 72 hours in advance of the meeting. If you challenge this item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Menlo Park at, or before, the public hearing. Written correspondence is typically considered a public record and may be attached to staff reports, which are posted on the city website.

Visit the city website for Planning Commission agenda, public hearing and staff report information at menlopark.org/PlanningCommissionAgenda.

Public Hearing items

Use Permit and Architectural Control/David Neubauer/135 El Camino Real

Request for architectural control review for modifications to an existing commercial building in the SP-ECR/D (El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan) zoning district, including modifications to the front façade and the addition of a roof deck, a second-story screening wall and trellises. The request also includes a use permit for a change of use from a restricted personal service to a mixed-use office and residential building with one residential unit on a property that is substandard with regard to parking.

Variance and Major Subdivision Map Revision/Phil Hydman/706-716 Santa Cruz Avenue:

Request for a revision to extend the expiration date of an approved variance to allow skylights on the third floor of a previously approved three-story, mixed-use building to exceed the 38-foot height limit, in the SP-ECR/D (El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan) zoning district. The applicant is also requesting a revision to extend the expiration date of an approved major subdivision to create a vesting tentative map not to exceed four residential condominium units and one commercial area, with rights reserved for up to ten commercial condominium units. The City Council is the final decision making body for the extension request of the major subdivision. 

Development Agreement Annual Review/Stanford University/300-550 El Camino Real (Middle Plaza at 500 El Camino Real Project):

Annual review of the property owner’s good faith compliance with the terms of the Development Agreement for the Middle Plaza at 500 El Camino Real project.

Public Meeting item

Architectural Control/Alex Raymond/325 Sharon Park Drive, Suite F3: 

Request for architectural control to conduct exterior modifications at an existing commercial development in the C-2 (Neighborhood Shopping) zoning district.