City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Administrative Zoning Hearing  
Plaza Conference Room, 500 Castro St., Mountain View,  
CA 94041  
Wednesday, October 11, 2023  
4:00 PM  
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the  
Zoning Administrator virtually may join the meeting at:  
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 Zoning Administrator on any  
matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Zoning  
Administrator from acting on non-agenda items.  
4. CONSENT CALENDAR - NONE.  
5. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING  
5.1  
Recommendation:  
Request for a Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to  
construct a new 3-story, 18,800 square foot commercial building with ground-floor  
restaurant and upper floor office with one level of underground parking, replacing an  
existing auto repair shop, a Provisional Use Permit to allow the restaurant use and  
upper floor administrative office use, and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove  
one Heritage tree; and a lot line adjustment to modify an existing lot line on a  
0.23-acre project site; and a determination that the project is categorically exempt  
pursuant to Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines (“In-Fill Development Projects").  
This project is located on the southwest corner of West Dana Street and Hope Street  
in the P-19 (Downtown) Precise Plan.  
Project Planner: Krisha Penollar  
Attachments:  
5.2  
Recommendation:  
Request for a modification to a previously approved Planned Community Permit and  
Development Review Permit to construct a 4-story commercial building containing  
28,090 square feet of office and 6,500 square feet of retail with a rooftop terrace and  
no parking, replacing several existing commercial retail buildings on a 0.26-acre site; a  
Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove three Heritage trees on the adjacent City  
Parking Lot 4; a Development Agreement to extend entitlements for up to 10 years; a  
Preliminary Parcel Map to combine parcels to accommodate a new commercial  
building; and a determination that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to  
Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines (“In-Fill Development Projects”). This project is  
located on the southwest corner of West Evelyn Avenue and Hope Street in the P-19  
(Downtown) Precise Plan.  
Project Planner: Eric Anderson  
Attachments:  
6. 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.