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Sunnyvale planning commissioners question traffic, gas‑station proximity and buffer reductions at Primrose child‑care study session
Summary
At a Jan. 12 study session, Sunnyvale staff and Primrose Schools presented a proposal to demolish a vacant restaurant and build a two‑story, 15,980 sq ft child‑care center for up to 192 children at 855 East Homestead Road. Commissioners pressed the applicant on traffic, drop‑off logistics, proximity to an adjacent gas station and two requested development deviations.
A proposed Primrose (Primo) child‑care and preschool at 855 East Homestead Road drew detailed questioning from the Sunnyvale Planning Commission during a Jan. 12 study session.
Staff project planner Wendy Lau described the proposal as a two‑story, 15,980‑square‑foot building on a roughly 1.13‑acre site at the northwest corner of Homestead Road and South Wolf Road. The design calls for 12 indoor classrooms, three outdoor play areas, a surface parking lot with 48 spaces, and capacity for up to 192 children with an anticipated staff of about 24 teachers and three other employees. The applicant requests two deviations: reducing the required 10‑foot landscape buffer to 5 feet where the site abuts residences, and substituting shrubs for the municipal code’s required combination of trees and shrubs in that buffer. Staff told the commission the project may qualify for a statutory CEQA exemption under recently enacted SB 131 for qualifying child‑care center projects.
The applicant, represented by David Chantsep (vice president, school development) and…
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