City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Administrative Zoning Hearing  
Wednesday, July 24, 2024  
4:00 PM  
Plaza Conference Room, 500 Castro St.,  
Mountain View, CA 94041  
This meeting was conducted with a virtual component.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Zoning Administrator Hollister called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.  
ROLL CALL  
PRESENT: Members Hollister, Arango and Fazely  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
Zoning Administrator Hollister opened the public comment portion of the meeting and asked if anyone from  
the public wished to speak  
No members of the public wished to speak.  
Zoning Administrator Hollister closed the public comment portion of the meeting.  
4.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
4.1  
880 Tulane Court, Elizabeth Smith, PL-2024-024; APN: 189-05-120  
Zoning Administrator Hollister read item 4.1 into the record and asked if anyone from the public wished to  
speak.  
No members of the public wished to speak.  
ACTION: CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 4.1 CONDITIONALLY APPROVED  
4.2  
730 Central Avenue, Zachary Trailer of MCZ Central LLC, PL-2024-088; APN:  
158-45-001  
Zoning Administrator Hollister read item 4.2 into the record, and asked if anyone from the public wished to  
speak.  
No members of the public wished to speak.  
ACTION: CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 4.2 CONDITIONALLY APPROVED  
4.3  
2224 Old Middlefield Way, Yanyan Zhang for InoBotics, LLC, PL-2023-200;  
APN: 147-07-079  
Zoning Administrator Hollister read item 4.3 into the record, and asked if anyone from the public wished to  
speak.  
No members of the public wished to speak.  
ACTION: CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 4.3 CONDITIONALLY APPROVED  
5.  
JOINT SUBDIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING HEARING  
5.1  
555 W. Middlefield Road, Joe Kirchofer for AvalonBay Communities, Inc.,  
PL-2024-052 and PL-2024-053; APN: 158-49-001  
Zoning Administrator Hollister read the item into the record.  
Principal Planner Diana Pancholi gave an oral staff report.  
Applicant present, did not give a presentation.  
Zoning Administrator Hollister opened the public comment portion of the meeting and asked if anyone from  
the public wished to speak.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR:  
• Daniel Shane  
SPEAKING VIRTUALLY:  
• Shreya  
Zoning Administrator Hollister closed the public comment portion of the meeting.  
Zoning Administrator Hollister asked questions of the applicant and applicant provided responses.  
Zoning Administrator Hollister re-opened the public comment portion of the meeting to take a virtual  
comment.  
SPEAKING VIRTUALLY:  
• Kayla  
Zoning Administrator Hollister closed the public comment portion of the meeting.  
Applicant responded to question from virtual speaker Kayla.  
The Sub-Division Committee deliberated on item 5.1.  
MOTION: M/S - Fazely/Hollister - motioned to rescind action taken on 06/24/2024 and conditionally approve  
item 5.1. - Carried 3 to 0 to conditionally approve the project.  
ACTION: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS  
6.  
7.  
ADJOURNMENT OF THE JOINT SUBDIVISION ZONING HEARING  
PUBLIC HEARING  
7.1  
2378 Old Middlefield Way, Atam Sandhu, PL-2023-113, APN: 147-07-054  
Zoning Administrator Hollister read the item into the record.  
Principal Planner Diana Pancholi gave an oral staff presentation.  
Applicant present, did not give a presentation.  
Zoning Administrator Hollister opened the public comment portion of the meeting and asked if anyone from  
the public wished to speak.  
SPEAKING VIRTUALLY:  
• Muthana Ibrahim  
Zoning Administrator Hollister closed the public comment portion of the meeting.  
MOTION: CONDITIONALLY APPROVED  
ADJOURNMENT  
8.  
The meeting was adjourned at 4:31 p.m.  
Respectfully submitted,  
Amber Blizinski  
Zoning Administrator  
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.