156 California Avenue Mixed-Use Project

156 California Avenue Mixed-Use Project

The proposed project is a request for Major Architectural Review and is being pursued under the provisions of Government Code Section 65589(D)(5), known as the “Builder’s Remedy”, which precludes a jurisdiction from disapproving certain housing developments on the basis of inconsistency with zoning regulations or land use designations. The project would demolish the existing improvements on-site to construct a new mixed-use development consisting of 382 residential units and 19,500 square feet of commercial space (described further below). Consistent with the provisions of the Builder’s Remedy, a percentage of the units would be provided as below market rate units. The project would demolish the existing grocery store and parking lot on Lot A and construct one seven-story podium building and one 17-story tower (Tower A). On Lot B, the project would demolish the existing parking lot and construct one 11-story tower (tower B). The podium building and tower A would share two levels of underground parking and be connected at the first and second floors. The third floor would include a courtyard between the buildings, and the remaining floors would be individual to each building. Tower A would include 3,316 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor and 192 residential units on floors two through 17. The podium building would include a 14,709 square foot grocery store on the ground floor and 112 residential units on floors two through seven. Tower B would include 1,422 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 78 residential units on floors two through 11. A Tentative Map for a condominium subdivision for each of the commercial spaces on the two lots is also proposed. Amenities between tower A and the podium building would include Privately Owned Open Space on the ground floor, as well as a third-floor deck. The roof of the podium building would include an indoor coworking space. All three buildings would have a rooftop open space area. Vehicular access to Lot A would be provided via a two-way driveway along Cambridge Avenue, and there would be a service alley running through the project site from Cambridge Avenue to California Avenue. Vehicular access to Lot B would also be provided via a two-way driveway along Cambridge Avenue. The project would provide a combined total of approximately 310 parking spaces.

Palo Alto

Santa Clara

Citywide, Countywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 17, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Residential (Units 382, Acres 1.43), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 19500, Acres 0.45, Employees 10)

Site Plan, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Redevelopment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire