Permits have been submitted seeking approval of a new multi-family residential project proposed for development at 20739 Scofield Drive in Cupertino. The project proposal includes the construction of a multi-family residential building offering 23 units.
The project site is a parcel spanning an area of 0.32 acres. The scope of work includes bringing 23 residential units into a multi-family building. The project site is currently developed with a four-bedroom two-bathroom single-family residence with a two-car garage. The single-family residence will be demolished under separate permits.
An SB330 application has been filed, pending preliminary review and approval. The estimated construction timeline has not been announced yet.
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Besides being out of place in this neighborhood it will negatively impact the traffic which is already out of control. With an elementary school one block away it will be a disaster. This is totally out of place in this neighborhood.
Wow, agree with G. Mahurin — this would be terrible for the neighborhood. How many stories would be needed to cram in 23 residences on this 14k ft2 lot? Really feel sorry for those that live nearby. Next-door homeowners that someday want to sell will have trouble finding families that want to live next to this planned monstrosity, and the only willing buyers will be more investors in similar developments — and the cycle will continue. Which is of course what folks like SFYIMBY yearn for. Sad.
Completely agree with G. Mahurin. The traffic is crazy during school drop-off and pick-up on Scofield Dr.
Isn’t 20739 SCOFIELD DRIVE only zoned for Single Family Housing? Does SB330 allow zoning to be disregarded?
It’s an sfh only street, so this will be a taking – neighboring properties will have significant reduced value. This might be a watershed development which galvanizes opposition.
Significant value losses? Good. It’s freaking Cupertino for God’s sake. You guys realize this is a Yimby site right? We support development here. I support any development of this kind in Silicon Valley. Especially the epicenter of it all, Cupertino.
Your schadenfreude is noted. I appreciate sites like this for bringing attention to what’s going on in local neighborhoods. That said, not everybody is going to agree that all development is a good thing, especially when the real winners are developers and their investors. It’s easy being a YIMBY when it’s not actually in your own back yard.
I don’t understand how this can happen given the zoning of this lot. That develop would be a calamity for this neighborhood, given the proximity the Faria Schol traffic. And a total disaster for local pottery values.
Some people seem to think that allowing more housing will bring down house prices to affordable levels. The fact is that developers are not going to reduce prices. They are the real winners as they will continue to pocket huge margins.
To reduce house prices you’ll have to remove most to all of tech, to start, then there still is no guarantee housing will be affordable since the whole world can come and there are only so many places left to build more housing, even heavily. There are still other business fields, and any lowering attracts more outsiders.
Love how the poster above assumes I’m something or other. Note how they say, “good” – they want vengeance on property owners because they are jealous, and cloak that in a pose of justices. I would love to literally see several tens of thousands, maybe a couple of hundred thousand, of new housing units on the Peninsula. AB2011 is the way. Repurposing commercial properties, etc. Limited incursion in SFH areas. But because I might not want to see millions, I’m a “nimby.” I’m a nimby because I think people who worked to invest in a home with peace, quiet, and sunlight should get to keep that. Or get compensated. Because a 23 unit building is going to tank any neighboring properties by 20% minimum. I think this 14k sq ft lot would be fine split in two, with maybe 2 duplexes. But 23 units is insane.
Well said. I also feel repurposing dying or dead commercial properties are a good opportunity for infill housing.
There’s no obligation as some misbelieve to overdevelop or divide any large lot.
Extra housing could be put on a large lot, yes, a duplex or even a triplex or a quadplex, or this lot could be divided into two parcels each with one decent sized house on it, in any case with enough room for all needed parking in addition to the setbacks to remain civilized and acceptable while also limiting height to stay correct for the neighborhood. Low rise neighborhoods should remain that way, same with separation between homes and limiting density. Downtown in cities and the big arterials are where big housing goes.
People who say NIMBY have no argument, just want to insult those who are better on this planning subject and on housing, and probably many other subjects.
YIMBYs and other supporters of garbage deleterious housing and of projects out of scope and character for where they are location have little to no morality as well as competence or they actually want the residents of single-family homes to suffer having disaster projects forced on them. Otherwise they’re dolts who actually worship building the most possible anywhere, everywhere, developer Useful Idiots.
They are working and act as if they are proud of doing it, to ruin California more.
This is totally insane, traffic nightmare and safety nightmare. This is not gonna be approved at all.
It’s worth checking California Yimby Form 990. Exec director salary nearly $300,000; assets over $8 million (this was back in 2021); required donor disclosure form merely reads “RESTRICTED”. Anybody wonder where the dark money comes from, and into whose pockets it goes? Any comment, Yimby?
If anyone tells me that those homeowners received a buyout and relocation assistance at anything remotely approaching market value for this area——-please provide the address of that ocean front property in Arizona that you’re selling as a side hustle?
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Stop this project. Traffic as well as such a congested building will diminish our home values and create noise and traffic pollution. I have been a resident close by from 1978 and object to this project vehemently.
Ummm, let’s say the footprint of the building area is 5 units, which is a stretch. To get 23 units you need 5 stories on a residential street frontage. I know developers always start the negotiations with pie-in-the-sky “wants” but really???? C
The school a block away is already bringing traffic–it’s not a neighborhood school where local students walk to from home. It’s an alternative school that draws students from 5 different cities. In cars. And it has been doing so since the early 1980s. Residents already know what traffic is like; this site is on the far edge of the existing traffic.
This particular site is at a dividing point between one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and an older neighborhood. The lot itself is actually set back from other homes on the street because of the way the two neighborhoods merge. The back of the lot is a delivery alley for a big strip mall.
There are many examples of former single-family homes on the other side of this neighborhood that were demolished and turned into townhome cul-de-sacs MUCH closer to the school in question than this particular site.
These old Cupertino homes were built on huge lots that can easily accommodate multiple residences. One of the biggest challenges for this site will probably be connecting it to the city sewer system because it’s probably still on its own septic, as are most of the remaining original houses on that street.
Former chair of the Cupertino Planning Commission here…
This, like it or not, is the wave of the future. You can’t complain about the lack of affordable housing, schools closing, homeless encampments, City budget shortfalls, long commutes by car, clogged freeways, climate change, etc. if you oppose this kind of development. Densification can be attractive, livable, and of benefit to the community IF it is well designed.
Change isn’t fun for everyone – just ask the Ohlone people, the Mexican rancheros, the old orchardists, etc.
The Limbomaniacs came from Cupertino 1981
Building a 23-unit condo on a 14,000 square foot lot in the heart of a single-family neighborhood is not just impractical—it’s a disservice to our community.
Look at this proposed site plan:
— 23 units, totaling 27,000 square feet of living space
— Each unit: 800 to 1,000 square feet
— Four-story building covering the entire lot, with no open space or setbacks
This plan is a nightmare not only for the current residents but also for future buyers. Imagine a towering structure overshadowing single-family homes, offering no open space, and compromising the privacy and comfort of its neighbors. It disrupts the character of our neighborhood and introduces high-density, low-quality living conditions.
Shame on the property owner, who’s also the applicant, for focusing solely on profit and trying to take away every last penny without regard for the community. We welcome developers who prioritize creating high-quality homes and public spaces that enhance our city. This kind of irresponsible development disregards the well-being of our community, breaks the character of the existing neighborhood, and potentially brings narrow, high-density, low-quality living to new buyers.
City should deny this proposal before it even reaches a public hearing.
I have not followed recent efforts to increase lower cost housing in Cupertino, but I do think we need to consider the turnover in faculty at our local schools. It makes sense that our CUSD K-12 teachers eventually get sick of the commute (since their salaries will not afford them a home anywhere nearby). Who bears the brunt of this high turnover? Our children! I’d support a 3-plex, or whatever they are called, with each unit selling for half the going rate for a single family home on the same property, and available ONLY to CUSD teachers. Is that possible?
Nobody sane, nobody decent, would ever conceive of a project like this. It’s truly insane and threatens a number of problems on the neighbors. (Including a likely lack of enough parking)
No wonder YIMBYs support it, as they have no sanity, obviously no morality or planning acumen.