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Residents urge Sunnyvale Council to limit height, density and add parking for proposed downtown housing
Summary
Public commenters at a Sunnyvale City Council special meeting urged limits on building height and density, called for more parking or underground parking, and suggested a senior-only housing alternative for a proposed MidPen project that residents say would be out of scale with Charles Street and the Downtown Specific Plan.
Residents pressed the Sunnyvale City Council on Oct. 14 to limit the height and density of a proposed downtown housing project and to add more parking or switch to underground parking, saying the current plan would be out of scale with the neighborhood.
At a special meeting called to move into closed session, several residents addressed council during public comment ahead of the closed discussion. Speakers identified the developer MidPen by name and described the proposal as a six‑story building with 122 units and roughly 65 parking spaces, which they said created a mismatch with the Downtown Specific Plan and adjoining single‑family streets.
The comments summarized three recurring concerns: building scale, parking and privacy. "We would like you to prioritize lower scale and mass," said Siva, a resident,…
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