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Planning Commission Continues Pickleball Facility Expansion to Aug. 12 for Further Review
Summary
The commission voted to continue a conditional‑use permit request to expand The Hub (600 E. Hamilton Ave) so staff can evaluate two tracks: a 5‑year term limited permit applied only to the expansion area or a non‑term‑limited CUP for the whole facility, with additional public‑works and housing‑element implications to be analyzed.
The Campbell Planning Commission continued action on a proposed expansion of The Hub (an indoor pickleball/fitness facility at the former Fry’s site, 600 E. Hamilton Avenue) to the August 12 meeting so staff can analyze policy and infrastructure implications.
Staff presented a conditional‑use permit proposal that would add about 26,646 square feet and nine additional courts to an existing operation inside a building spanning two parcels that the city has designated as a housing opportunity site. Because the site is included in the city’s housing‑element capacity (staff cited an estimated 416 potential housing units on the site under current planning assumptions), staff recommended a five‑year term‑limited CUP for the expansion as an interim activation to avoid tying up long‑term housing capacity.
Applicant representatives and Hub operators described a high‑use, regionally trafficked facility that generates events and tourism; they said the business has invested millions and cannot reasonably accept a term limit on the existing courts and would prefer that any 5‑year limit apply only to the proposed expansion. Public‑works staff outlined potential frontage and ADA improvements and traffic controls that could be required if the permit were treated as permanent.
After extended public testimony from users and local business owners in support of the expansion, commissioners discussed tradeoffs between short‑term activation and protecting a housing opportunity site. The commission voted unanimously to continue the item and directed staff to return at the August 12 meeting with analysis of: (1) the legal and housing‑element implications of approving a non‑term‑limited CUP for the full site; and (2) a narrowly scoped 5‑year term limited approval that would apply only to the newly proposed courts, including identification of any needed public‑works or building‑code improvements and associated costs.
The continuance seeks to balance the community’s interest in expanded recreation with the city’s long‑term housing goals and to ensure any conditions are legally and administratively defensible.
