No longer on display. Expired on
June 30, 2024, 07:00 PM
The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on this item in a teleconference meeting (virtual and in Menlo Park City Council Chambers located at 751 Laurel St., Menlo Park, California) on January 8, 2024, 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, 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 the Planning Commission agenda, public hearing and staff report information.
Public Hearing items
Use Permit/Steve Collom/154 Laurel Ave.:
Request for a use permit to demolish an existing single-story, single-family residence and construct a new two-story, single-family residence with a detached garage on a substandard lot with regard to minimum lot width in the R-1-U (Single-Family Urban Residential) zoning district.
Use Permit/Kevin Wang/495 Gilbert Ave.:
Request for a use permit to determine the Floor Area Limit (FAL) on a lot less than 5,000 square feet in area, and to remodel and construct first- and second-story additions to an existing nonconforming one-story, single-family residence on a substandard lot with regard to minimum lot width, depth, and area in the R-1-U (Single Family Urban Residential) zoning district. The proposal would exceed 50 percent of the replacement value in a 12-month period for a nonconforming structure and requires use permit approval. The proposal would also exceed 50 percent of the existing floor area and is considered equivalent to a new structure.
Use Permit/Neil and Hester Seth/765 Stanford Ave.:
Request for a use permit to demolish an existing one-story, single-family residence and detached garage, and construct a new two-story, single-family residence on a substandard lot with regard to minimum lot area and lot width in the R-1-U (Single Family Urban Residential) zoning district. The proposal includes a request for excavation within the required side and rear setback areas for retaining walls. The proposal also includes a request for fences and walls exceeding height limits. The proposal includes an attached accessory dwelling unit (ADU), which is a permitted use and not subject to discretionary review.
Architectural Control Revision and Use Permit Revision/Nitin Patel/3723 Have Ave.:
Request for a revision to a previously approved architectural control and use permit to develop a new 163-room hotel at 3723 Haven Avenue, in the O-B (Office - Bonus) zoning district. The proposed revisions would modify the previously approved modifications to the Zoning Ordinance requirements for modulations and stepback design standards. The proposed revisions to the previously approved project also involve elimination of one parking level, which reduces the building from eight to seven floors, an overall height increase of six inches, relocation of a rooftop deck from the fourth to third floor resulting in a height decrease of four feet for the deck, an internal reconfiguration of parking spaces to utilize tandem parking through the use of a valet service, minor building footprint modifications at the southeast building corner, comprehensive landscaping changes, and comprehensive material and color changes. The overall gross floor area would be reduced by 55 square feet.
General Plan Amendment/City of Menlo Park/Housing Element Update Project:
Consider and make a recommendation to the City Council to amend the General Plan and re-adopt the 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element (“Housing Element”), originally adopted January 31, 2023. Since the original adoption date, the Housing Element was revised to address comments from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) including changes in the following topic areas: racial/ethnic areas of concentration of affluence (“RCAAs”), disproportionate housing needs including displacement, contributing factors to fair housing issues, progress in meeting the regional housing needs allocation (“RHNA”), development of small and large sites, suitability of nonvacant sites, city-owned sites, federally-owned and school sites, environmental constraints, the electronic sites inventory, zoning for a variety of housing types (emergency shelters), land use controls, density bonuses, fees and exactions, local processing and permit procedures, constraints on housing for persons with disabilities, shortfall of adequate sites, actions, programs, metrics, milestones, and specific quantified objectives. The Housing Element was most recently submitted for HCD review on November 3, 2023, following a seven-day public review period.
General Plan Land Use Map Amendment and Rezonings/City of Menlo Park/Housing Element Update Project:
The City of Menlo Park is proposing to amend the General Plan Land Use Map and zoning map to create consistent zoning for two development sites associated with the 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element General Plan amendments adopted by City Council on November 28, 2023, and zoning-related amendments adopted on December 5, 2023. The proposed changes are intended to create uniform zoning and assist in providing capacity to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (“RHNA”) of 2,946 dwelling units, and are generally summarized below.
General Plan land use map
Amendment to change the land use designation for Assessor’s Parcel Number (“APN”) 062-205-170 (512 Durham Avenue) from Residential Low Density to Retail/Commercial. The parcel is currently utilized for circulation and parking as part of a nonresidential development at 812 Willow Road, zoned C-MU (Neighborhood Mixed Use).
Zoning map
- Amendment to rezone APN 062-205-170 from R-1-U (Single Family Urban Residential) to C-MU (Neighborhood Mixed Use) to locate the development at 812 Willow Road within a single zoning district allowing mixed uses; and
- Amendment to rezone a portion of the split-zoned parcel at 687 Bay Road from R-1-U to C-MU so that the entire parcel is within the C-MU zoning district, which allows mixed uses.