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<br />The River Road/Division subarea land use diagram (page 2-32) generally depicts the 7.3 acre <br />portion of the site north of Green Lane as Government & Education (with the possible exception of <br />a portion of Tax Lot 400 which may be Commercial), and the 1.3 acre portion of the site south of <br />Green Lane as Commercial. Recommendations 3 and 4 are both applicable to the 1.3 acre portion of <br />the site south of Green Lane. <br /> <br />The applicant's refinement plan text amendments arc proposed for insertion on page 2-32, Riy.~ <br />Road~~,:mta Clara Urban Facilities Plan, Chapter 2, River Road/1Jivision Subarea, text to be <br />included as Recommendations No.5, No.6, No.7 and No.8. The text amendments are as follo'vvs: <br /> <br />5. Notwithstanding Recommendation No.4, development sites along Green Lane and <br />adjacent to the forn1er Santa Clara Elementary School site may be designated and zoned <br />Medium Density Residential. If the parcels are zoned MDR, they must be developed as a <br />Planned Unit Development in connection \vith the former Santa Clara Elementary School <br />site and with an emphasis on mixed-use development principles. <br /> <br />6. Upon the sale from public ownership to private ownership, the City shall recognize the <br />area of the former Santa Clara Elementary School at the southeast corner of the intersection <br />of River Road and Hunsaker Lane, between Hunsaker Lane and Green Lane (Tax Lots 9100, <br />9200, 9300 of Assessor's Map 17-04-11-41 and Tax Lots 200, 300, 400 of Assessor's Map <br />17-04-11-44) as appropriate for Commercial development and designated Commercial. If <br />zoned commercial, it shall be developed as Planned Unit Development in connection with <br />the property described in Recommendation NO.5 with an emphasis on mixed-use <br />development principles. In addition: <br />a. No individual building footprint within the commercial development may exceed <br />18,000 square feet; and <br />b. No building mass within 50-feet of Low Density Residential land may exceed 35 <br />feet in height; and <br />c. Permitted or conditional Commercial services shall not include theaters; lodging: <br />C2 and C3 permitted manufacturing; medical, health and correctional services; motor <br />vehicle related uses: and <br />d. The historic character of the former Santa Clara Elementary School shall be <br />commemorated on site by using architectural features and historic elements typical <br />of the forn1er Santa Clara Elementary School (e.g., brick facades, castings, etc.). <br /> <br />7. Pursuant to Recommendations 5 and 6, a pedestrian friendly connection subject to review <br />and approval by the City Engineer shall be provided at a "midblock" crossing of Green Lane <br />and shall include five or more of the following design elements: <br />a. Curb ramps <br />b. Curb extensions (equal to the width of on-street parking, but not interfering with <br />bicycle lane) <br />c. Raised crosswalks <br />d. Special paving treatment (e.g., brick, alternative colors, cobblestone, patterned <br />cement, etc.) <br />e. Adequate lighting to fully illuminate the crossing at all hours <br />f. To minimize conflict with vehicles entering 1 or exiting the former Santa Clara <br /> <br />Staff Findings - October 8, 2007 <br />Page 24 <br />