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Planning commission backs scheme C to add light‑industrial uses to City Place Santa Clara, requires data‑center review at commission level
Summary
The commission recommended the City Council adopt a CEQA addendum and amend the master community plan to add a Scheme C allowing light industrial uses on Parcels 1 and 2 of the City Place Santa Clara site, and directed that data centers be subject to conditional use permits heard by the Planning Commission rather than approved administratively.
The Planning Commission on June 11 voted to recommend that the City Council adopt an addendum to the City Place Santa Clara Environmental Impact Report and approve amendments to the Master Community Plan that add “Scheme C,” which would allow light industrial uses on Parcels 1 and 2 of the 240‑acre City Place Santa Clara site.
City staff summarized the applicant’s request to introduce a land‑use scenario that replaces some of the office capacity previously envisioned on Parcels 1 and 2 with light industrial development (including research and development, industrial R&D, assembly, commercial storage and related uses). Staff emphasized that the overall maximum development authorized by the MCP — 9,160,000 gross square feet — would remain unchanged; scheme C achieves that total by shifting some…
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