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Sunnyvale Council advances rezoning package to align zoning with existing residences, add ITR sites for future housing
Summary
Council introduced four ordinances and adopted a resolution to rezone multiple properties — including 27 legal nonconforming single‑ and two‑family homes — and to add ITR (Industrial to Residential) combining districts on selected industrial parcels. Council voted 7‑0 to introduce the ordinances and find the action exempt from CEQA.
The Sunnyvale City Council on Jan. 28 introduced a package of zoning and general‑plan amendments intended to regularize existing residential uses and enable future residential redevelopment on selected industrial parcels.
At the meeting Associate Planner Wendy Lau told the council the effort has four parts: bring 27 legal nonconforming single‑family and two‑family residences into residential zoning; rezone several previously designated ‘‘ITR’’ (industrial‑to‑residential) combining district parcels that have already been redeveloped to residential; add the ITR combining district on three industrial‑zoned properties in East Sunnyvale to allow future redevelopment; and amend the zoning code so that once an ITR site transitions to residential it cannot be returned to industrial use.
Why it matters: The changes are aimed at aligning zoning and general plan designations with on‑the‑ground uses, reducing legal nonconforming status for long‑standing homes and allowing the city to plan for housing…
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