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The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on these items in a hybrid format via Zoom and at the City Council Chambers located at 751 Laurel St., on October 2, 2023, 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.gov/agendas, not less than 72 hours in advance of the meeting. If you challenge these items 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.
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Public Hearing items
Use Permits/Chris Thomas/85 Willow Road:
Request for a use permit for hazardous materials to install a new portable, diesel emergency generator to service an existing commercial building in the C-1 (Administrative and Professional, Restrictive) zoning district.
Zoning Ordinance Amendments for Residential Electrification:
Consider and provide a recommendation to the City Council on amendments to sections 16.04.120, 16.04.296, 16.04.313, 16.04.320, 16.04.325, 16.16.030, 16.20.030, 16.60.010, 16.72.010 and 16.80.030 of Title 16 (zoning) of the Menlo Park Municipal Code to allow electrification equipment in existing covered parking spaces (e.g garages or carports) and to allow exterior enclosures for electrification equipment within the required side and rear setbacks for existing residential dwelling units in all zoning districts.
EIR certification, Use Permit, Architectural Control, Lot Merger, Heritage Tree Removal Permit, and Below-Market-Rate (BMR) Housing In-Lieu Fee/The Sobrato Organization/1105, 1135 and 1165 O'Brien Drive and 1 Casey Court:
The proposed project would demolish the existing buildings and develop a five-story research and development (R&D) building containing approximately 131,825 square feet of gross floor area, in the LS-B (Life Sciences, Bonus) zoning district. This proposed building would contain 129,166 square feet of R&D uses and approximately 2,700 square feet of commercial (Café) uses. The proposed project floor area ratio (FAR) would be 74 percent. The project site consists of four parcels containing three one-story buildings of approximately 59,866 square feet and an existing drainage channel. The four parcels would be merged into two legal parcels. The project site is commonly referred to as 1125 O’Brien Drive and includes buildings currently addressed 1105, 1135 and 1165 O’Brien Drive and 1 Casey Court.