City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Administrative Zoning Hearing  
Wednesday, December 11, 2024  
4:00 PM  
Plaza Conference Room, 500 Castro St., Mountain  
View, CA 94041  
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the  
Zoning Administrator virtually may join the meeting at:  
https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/85261011237, or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar  
ID: 852 6101 1237.  
When the Zoning Administrator announces the item on which you wish to speak, click on the “raise hand” feature in  
Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Zoning Administrator calls your name to provide public comment, if you are  
participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself.  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. ROLL CALL  
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter not on  
the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during this section. If there  
appears to be a large number of speakers, speaking time may be reduced to no less than 1.5 minutes. State  
law prohibits the Commission form acting on non-agenda items.  
4. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING  
4.1  
198 Easy Street, Phoi Phan for Phan Architects, PL-2024-018 and PL-2024-019; APN:  
160-37-005  
Recommendation:  
Request for a Planned Unit Development Permit, Development Review Permit, and  
Special Design Permit to construct a five-unit detached townhouse development and  
Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove 8 Heritage trees on a 0.51-acre project site;  
and a recommended determination that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to  
Section 15332 ("In-Fill Development Projects") of the CEQA Guideline. This project is  
located on the west side of Easy Street between the Highway 85 on-ramp and Gladys  
Court in the R3-3-sd (Multiple-Family Residential-Special Design) Zoning District.  
Project Manager: Margaret Netto  
Attachments:  
Staff Memo  
Draft Findings Report  
Draft Subdivision Findings Report  
Plan Set  
5. ADJOURNMENT OF SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE HEARING  
6. PUBLIC HEARING  
6.1  
278 Hope Street Suite E, Jekaterina Moon for Queen of Gaya LLC, PL-6317; APN: 158-22-015  
Recommendation:  
Request for a Provisional Use Permit to allow a music studio use in a 1,483 square-foot  
tenant space in a multi-tenant commercial building on a 0.19-acre site; and a  
recommended determination that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to  
Section 15301 ("Existing Facilities") of the CEQA guidelines. This project is located on  
the west side of Hope Street between W Dana St and Villa St in the P-19 (Downtown)  
Precise Plan  
Project Manager: Shane Fields  
Attachments:  
Staff Memo  
Draft Findings Report  
Plan Set  
Project (Business) Description Letter  
6.2  
2249-2283, 2319-2325 and 2385 Old Middlefield Way and 775 Independence Avenue (APN:  
147-12-033, 147-12-034, 147-12-060 and 147-12-061) for Magnussen's Middlefield LLC  
**THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD DECEMBER 11, 2024. THIS ITEM WAS RE-NOTICED FOR  
DECEMBER 18, 2024**  
Recommendation:  
Request for a Development Review Permit to remove two commercial buildings,  
including a vacant 8,450 square foot auto service and repair building and a 14,880  
square foot office/industrial building, and construct a new two-story 39,399 square foot  
automobile dealership with auto service, parts and repair facility for Toyota; and a  
Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove 80 Heritage trees (including a hedge of 61  
small redwood trees that meet the definition of Heritage tree) on a 2.4-acre site, and a  
determination that this project is categorically exempt per Section 15332 ("In-Fill  
Development Projects") of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.  
The project site is located on the southeast corner of Old MIddlefield Way and  
Independence Avenue in the CS (Commercial Services) zoning district.  
Project Manager: Aki Snelling  
7. ADJOURNMENT  
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:  
Administrative Zoning Hearings are held regularly on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. and may be held jointly with the Subdivision  
Committee.  
The agenda and staff reports may be viewed online at mountainview.legistar.com.  
Questions or comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Zoning Administrator or the Project Planner listed on the agenda for the item at (650) 903-6306  
or planning.division@mountainview.gov.  
The Zoning Administrator may take action on any matter noticed herein. The Zoning Administrator's consideration of and action on the matters noticed herein are  
not limited by the recommendations indicated on the agenda.  
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Planning Secretary at (650) 903-6306.  
Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1))  
ADDRESSING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:  
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Zoning Administrator.  
Anyone wishing to address the Zoning Administrator or Subdivision Committee on a nonagenda item may do so during the Oral Communications portion of the  
agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak one time on any number of topics for up to three minutes. If there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Zoning  
Administrator may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker.  
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted time will be provided to a member of the public who utilizes a translator.  
ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING HEARING REVIEW PROCESS  
The Zoning Administrator is the approval body for all applications requiring a Conditional Use Permit, Variance, Planned Unit Development, Development Review  
Permit, or Planned Community Permit and can provide a recommended action on permits that require City Council approval.  
The Subdivision Committee is the approval body for all applications requiring a new or modified subdivision map, including lot line adjustments, parcel maps, and  
tentative maps, and can provide a recommendation action on subdivision maps that require City Council approval.  
At the hearing, the applicant/agent will be asked to make a brief presentation on the proposal. Comments from the public shall be heard after the Zoning  
Administrator has opened the public hearing and prior to the Zoning Administrator taking action or making a recommendation.  
The Zoning Administrator can take the following actions on projects being heard:  
• Conditionally approve the project.  
• Continue the project indefinitely and will be re-noticed.  
• Continue the project to a specific date.  
• Take the project under advisement - pending additional information for staff’s review.  
• Deny the project.  
The decisions of the Zoning Administrator are final unless appealed to the City Council by filing an appeal with the City Clerk within 10 calendar days of the date of  
findings. No building permits shall be issued during this 10-day period.