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Commission recommends council approve vesting tentative map for six-unit development at 4503 Cheney Street
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended that the City Council find a six-unit common-interest tentative map exempt from CEQA (Class 15332) and approve the vesting tentative map for 4503 Cheney Street, subject to updated conditions of approval and housekeeping revisions.
The Planning Commission voted Oct. 8 to recommend the City Council adopt a resolution approving a vesting tentative map to create a six-unit common-interest development at 4503 Cheney Street and to determine the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines section 15332 (infill development).
Associate Planner Daniel Sobchak told the commission the 18,651-square-foot site has a General Plan designation of low intensity and an R-2 zoning designation; the project was paired with an architectural-review approval from Dec. 11, 2024. Staff reported 354 notices were mailed to nearby property owners, eight people attended an applicant-hosted community meeting, and the city received no public comments on the tentative map.
Sobchak said staff made several non-substantive edits to recommended conditions of approval — removing conditions H3, F4, F5 and F8 where they did not apply and clarifying payment amounts and affordable-housing text in other conditions. "There are no substantive changes to these. They were all just smaller housekeeping changes only," Sobchak said.
Applicant Jeff Aguilar of Valley Oak Partners confirmed the applicant and project team (architect Eric Muzzy, civil engineer Jesus Robles) were available to answer questions. Aguilar said each unit will include a two-car side-by-side garage and that the project includes a condition from architectural review requiring garages be used for parking, not solely for storage. The applicant said no additional architectural review is required; the earlier architectural review approval remains valid.
Action: The commission first moved, seconded and approved a resolution finding the project categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15332, class 32 (infill). The commission then adopted a resolution recommending the City Council approve the vesting tentative map (PLN 24‑00044) for a common-interest development of six single-family homes at 4503 Cheney Street, subject to the findings and updated conditions of approval. Commissioner Biagini made the motions; Chair Kuru and others seconded; motions passed.
Staff said the tentative map meets parcel area and frontage requirements under the Subdivision Map Act and Santa Clara Municipal Code Title 17 and that final approval and recordation of condominium documents will proceed through the standard council and subdivision review process.
