12-294 - City of Sunnyvale - State of California

high bay test facilities, and similar architectural and utility structures, including
equipment screening, and necessary mechanical appurtenances, may exceed the
maximum building height in any zoning district by a maximum of twenty-five
feet, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to Chapter 19.54 (Wireless
Telecommunication Facilities) or Chapter 19.56 (Alternative Energy Systems).
Provided however, that no such architectural or utility structure, equipment
screening, or necessary mechanical appurtenance shall be erected, maintained, or
located between the face of the main building and any public street, nor in any
required side or rear yard.
(b) Underground Parking. In R-4 and R-5 zoning districts, multiple-family
dwelling developments with underground parking may exceed the maximum
height limitation for the zoning district. The extension above the height limit may
equal the depth of the underground parking, not to exceed 5 feet total. For
example, an apartment complex with underground parking facility of 6 feet in
depth may exceed the zoning district height limit by no more than 5 feet.
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Attachment A
SECTION 9. SECTION REPEALED. Section 19.37.070 of Chapter 19.37
(Landscaping, Irrigation and Useable Open Space) of Title 19 (Zoning) of the Sunnyvale
Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
19.37.070 Parking lot landscaping design requirements.
(a) Parking Lot Shading. Trees shall be planted and maintained throughout the lot to
ensure that at least fifty percent of the parking area will be shaded within fifteen years
after the establishment of the lot.
(1) Solar Energy Systems as Shading. Up to twenty-five percent of the fifty
percent parking lot shading requirement (twelve and one-half percent of the total
parking lot area) may be met with installation of solar energy systems rather than trees.
(2) Calculation of Shading. Shading shall be calculated by using the diameter
of the tree crown at fifteen years or the dimensions of any roofed area supporting the
solar energy system within the parking lot area.
(3) Surfaces Subject to Shading Calculation. All surfacing on which a vehicle
can drive is subject to shade calculation, including all parking stalls, vehicular drives
within the property regardless of length, drive-through lanes, and all maneuvering areas
regardless of depth. The following surface areas are exempt from shading requirements:
truck loading areas in front of overhead doors, truck maneuvering and parking areas
unconnected to and exclusive of any vehicle parking, surfaced areas not to be used for
vehicle parking, driving or maneuvering, provided they are made inaccessible to
vehicles by a barrier such as bollards or fencing, display, sales, service, or vehicular
storage areas for automobile dealerships (required parking for auto dealerships is still
subject to shading requirements), or surfaced areas existing prior to January 1, 2002.
(b) Ground Cover and Shrubs on Parking Islands. Parking islands shall contain living
ground cover or shrubs with the trees, unless it can be shown that ground cover is
incompatible with the tree. Where living ground cover is unsuitable, the director of
community development may allow porous, nonliving ground cover such as pebbles or
tanbark.
(c) Drainage Design. Landscaping islands and parking islands shall be designed to
integrate parking lot and site drainage in order to reduce storm water runoff velocities