Planning commission approves World Table Tennis headquarters and training facility; use permit includes building additions
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Summary
Commissioners unanimously approved a use permit for an indoor table-tennis facility and U.S. headquarters for World Table Tennis at an industrial site; the facility will not be open to the public, staff said.
The Planning Commission on Sept. 4 approved a use permit for an indoor table-tennis facility and the American headquarters office for the World Table Tennis Management Group and the International Table Tennis Federation, to be located in a renovated industrial building on Terracita Way.
Jennifer Mansour, senior planner, told the commission the project will house administrative offices with about 20 to 25 employees and a first-floor area with seven table-tennis courts, a warm-up area, showers and a showroom intended for visiting professional athletes, coaches and officials. Mansour said the location will be the organizations— first U.S. headquarters and emphasized that "this facility will not be open to the public and there will be no table tennis lessons or tournaments at this facility."
Project scope The proposal includes a new two-story, roughly 5,000-square-foot exterior addition and a smaller internal second-floor addition of about 600 square feet for restrooms, a new trash enclosure, new parking stalls, landscaped islands and slurry-sealing and re-striping of the entire parking lot. Exterior materials include glass, fiber cement accent panels with a redwood appearance and a metal canopy; the design also adds a revised primary entrance.
Zoning, conditions and staff recommendation The site is zoned light industrial (M1). Mansour said the office component is allowed by right and the indoor athletic component requires a use permit; staff found the project consistent with the general plan and citywide design guidelines and recommended approval. Recommended conditions include that all activities be conducted inside the building, roll-up doors remain closed during training, and the applicant address parking shortages if the city later determines parking demand exceeds supply.
Commission action and comments No members of the public spoke on the item. Commissioners expressed support for the project—s potential economic benefit and called it an improvement to the existing property, which the staff photo record showed to be in need of maintenance. A motion to approve the use permit as recommended by staff was seconded and passed unanimously; the clerk recorded that the motion "passes unanimously with Chair Ludden absent."
