May 1st, 2025

 

Call to Order / Roll Call

Oral Communications

Agenda Changes, Additions, and Deletions

City Official Reports

1. Transmittal of 1) the ARB Meeting Schedule and Attendance Record, 2) Tentative Future Agenda items and 3) Recently Submitted Projects.

 

Action Items

2. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL: 3950 Fabian Way [24PLN-00263]: Request for Minor Board Level Architectural Review for Exterior Modifications to an Existing 32,500-Square-Foot, Two-Story Commercial Building. The Project Includes Revisions to the Facade, Site Modifications, and Demolition of a Portion on the North End of the Existing Building and Construction of a New Approximately 4,400-Square-Foot Addition to the North Side. The Project Also Includes a Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a Change of Use to Private Education to Accommodate The Girls’ Middle School. CEQA Status: Exempt in Accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (In-Fill Development). Zoning District: GM (General Manufacturing).

Location Map

ARB  Findings

Conditions of  Approval

Zoning Consistency Analysis

Project Plans

 

 

3. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. Downtown Parking Garage Sign Exceptions at 528 High Street [24PLN-00268], 445 Bryant Street [24PLN-00269], and 250 Hamilton Avenue [24PLN-00270]: Recommendation on Applicant’s Request for Architectural Review to Allow Sign Exceptions for Five Projecting (Blade) Signs Across Three Parking Garages in Downtown Palo Alto. CEQA Status: Project is Exempt from CEQA in Accordance with Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Structures) and 15311 (Accessory Structures-On Premise Signs). Zoning District: PC-4611 (Planned Community); PC-4612; and PF (Public Facilities).

Location Maps

ARB and Sign Exception Findings

Conditions of Approval

Zoning Consistency Analysis

Photo Examples of LED Matrix Signs

Project Plans

 

Approval of Minutes

Board Member Questions, Comments or Announcements

Public Comments

Adjournment