709 Lakewood Drive · Sunnyvale CA 94089 APN 110-16-162 Zoning P-F Survey Lea & Braze 12-10-25

SVRBC Fellowship Hall

A single-story hall seating 200 for meals, with a kitchen, restrooms and storage, on the open lot south-west of the existing church.

Schematic design study · not for construction

4,670sf

Footprint

200

Seated at meals

444sf

Kitchen

20.8ft

Height · 30 ft allowed

Exits · 2 required

Rendered view from the south-east showing the angled south wall, the two offset roof planes and the clerestory glazing between them. — **From the south-east** — the angled south wall, the lower service-wing roof, the clerestory between the roof planes.

Rendered view from the south-west showing the angled south wall meeting the solid west wall. — **From the south-west** — the angled south wall running back to the blank west wall.

Rendered view from the north-east showing the main entry, the north windows and the east windows along the flank. — **From the north-east** — the main entry, north windows facing the church, east windows along the flank.

Rendered view from the north-west showing the north face and the solid west wall. — **From the north-west** — the approach from the church, and the solid west wall.

Aerial rendered view showing the two offset roof planes and the ridge line where the clerestory sits. — **Aerial** — the two offset roof planes and the clerestory between them.

3D view#

The building on its site

The model on its surveyed coordinates, over Google's photogrammetry. The toggle at lower left switches between Old tent and Fellowship hall — the site now, and as it would be.

Fellowship hall · 3D site view

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The plan#

Floor plan

Hall in the rectangular north portion: entry north, speaking platform on the blank west wall, windows east to the parking lot. The angled south wedge follows the Lakewood property line and holds kitchen, restrooms and storage, with a pass-through into the hall.

3,010 sf net = 200 occupants × 15 sf (2025 CA Building Code). The room is no larger than that requires. Seating laid in at 25 banquet tables of eight, 12 ft clear inside the main doors, serving counter left open.

Dimensioned floor plan showing the fellowship hall, corridor, storage, restrooms and kitchen, with four exits and the clerestory line. — **Schematic floor plan.** 25 tables of eight, four exits (two required), a 12 ft serving counter open to the kitchen. The clerestory runs the full 67.8 ft width.

Walk-through. A 26-second pass around and through the hall — the north entry, the dining floor under the clerestory, the serving counter and the service corridor. Rendered from the same model as the drawings.

Space	Area	Notes
Fellowship hall	3,129 sf	3,010 sf net → 200 occupants
Kitchen	435 sf	Shell and rough-in only; above the 400 sf target
Corridor	325 sf	Keeps restroom traffic off the dining floor
Women's restroom	220 sf	3 WC (1 accessible) + 2 lavatories — the code count
Shower / service	190 sf	Unisex accessible shower, WC, lavatory, service sink
Men's restroom	174 sf	2 WC (1 accessible) + 2 urinals + 2 lavatories
Storage / mech	173 sf	Tables, stacking chairs, fire riser

Enlarged plans#

Restrooms, shower and kitchen

Both restrooms meet the CPC fixture counts for 200 occupants, each with a 60 in turning space. Trimming the women's room to the code's three water closets freed space for a unisex accessible shower room — roll-in shower, WC, lavatory, service sink — off the corridor.

The kitchen is rough-in only: utilities stubbed and capped, hood shaft, make-up air path and grease interceptor built in now because they are far cheaper now than later. No cooking equipment, so not a food facility under this permit.

Enlarged plans of the men's and women's restrooms and a unisex accessible shower room with fixtures and clearances, and of the kitchen showing utility rough-in with future equipment dashed. — **Enlarged plans.** Left: restroom fixtures and CBC 11B clearances, and the unisex accessible shower room. Right: kitchen rough-in, future equipment dashed and tagged NIC.

Daylight#

Clerestory daylight

Two roof planes meet offset, south-facing glass in the gap. A 2 ft overhang over 6 ft of glazing: the summer sun is too high to reach it, the winter sun slides underneath into the deepest part of the room.

Clerestory glazing in direct sun, at solar noon

Computed from true solar position at 37.395°N, 122.005°W

Winter solsticeSUN 27.2°

82%

EquinoxSUN 48.8°

56%

Summer solsticeSUN 69.5°

0% — fully shaded

0%50%100%

East windows take the morning sun. The west wall is solid — it backs the platform and faces the neighbours' back yards.

Site#

Site plan

On the open paving where the tent stands now: 20.0 ft off the Lakewood right-of-way, 20.1 ft off the west property line. Parallel to the existing church, 1.10° west of north, east wall collinear with the church's, clear of the three magnolias to the east. The north wall holds 3 ft of clearance from the overhead span.

Compliance#

Zoning and code limits

Standard	Required	Designed	Status
Building height	≤ 30 ft	20.7 ft	clear
Lot coverage	≤ 45%	~7%	clear
Front yard, Lakewood	20 ft	20.0 ft	clear
Side yard, west	4 ft	20.1 ft	clear
Allowable area, V-B sprinklered	24,000 sf	4,670 sf	clear
Exits	2	4	clear
Water closets (M / F)	2 / 3	2 / 4	clear

Code reference#

Code references

Citation	What it requires	Effect on the design
CBC Table 1004.5 2025 CBC ch.10	Assembly without fixed seats, unconcentrated (tables and chairs): 15 sq ft net per occupant.	Sets the hall at 3,010 sq ft net — exactly 200 occupants, and the reason the room is not made larger.
CBC Table 1006.3.3 2025 CBC ch.10	Occupant load 1–500 requires two exits.	Four exits provided: north entry, east wall, west wall, kitchen service door.
CBC Table 1017.2 2025 CBC ch.10	Group A exit access travel distance: 250 ft with sprinklers.	No constraint at this size — the longest run is well inside the limit.
CBC Table 506.2 2025 CBC ch.5	Group A-2, Type V-B, sprinklered single story: 24,000 sq ft allowable.	Lets the building be Type V-B — ordinary wood frame, the cheapest construction type — at 4,670 sq ft.
CBC 903.2.1.2 2025 CBC ch.9	Group A-2 requires sprinklers at an occupant load of 100 or more.	Would trigger sprinklers here — but the local amendment below makes the point moot.
SMC 16.52.903 Sunnyvale MC ch.16.52	Amends the fire code: sprinklers throughout all new buildings over 1,000 sq ft.	Sprinklers are mandatory whatever the occupancy classification. Budget accordingly.
CBC Table 705.5 2025 CBC ch.7	Type V-B, Group A, fire separation distance 10–30 ft: 0-hour exterior wall.	The west wall stands 20.1 ft off the property line, inside the 10–30 ft band, so it is unrated.
CPC Table 422.1 CPC Table 422.1	Group A-2 at 200 occupants (100 M / 100 F): men 2 WC, 1 urinal, 1 lavatory; women 3 WC, 1 lavatory.	Fixture counts. The women's room was trimmed from four water closets to the three the code requires.
CBC 11B-603.2.1, 11B-604.8 2025 CBC ch.11B	60 in wheelchair turning space; accessible compartment 60 × 60 in.	Sets the restroom widths — a 5 ft stall bank, a 2 ft fixture run, and clear width between them.
CBC 11B-608 2025 CBC ch.11B	Roll-in shower compartment, 30 × 60 in minimum, with clear floor space alongside.	The unisex shower room, carved from the space freed by the restroom trim.
SMC 19.32.020(a)(4) Sunnyvale MC ch.19.32	In P-F, height and lot coverage cannot exceed the most restrictive abutting district — here R-0, so 30 ft and 45%.	Ridge held to 20.8 ft and coverage to about 7%.
SMC Table 19.34.030, note 6 Sunnyvale MC ch.19.34	P-F yards equal those of the most restrictive abutting district — R-0: front 15 ft, side 4 ft one side.	20.0 ft from Lakewood; 20.1 ft on the west.
SMC 19.38.090, 19.38.100 Sunnyvale MC ch.19.38	Utilities serving new development must be placed underground, expressly including existing facilities on the premises. The developer bears the cost.	Worth raising with Planning early. The design does not depend on the span moving: the north wall is set to hold GO 95 clearance with the line where it is.
SMC 19.94 Sunnyvale MC ch.19.94	Tree preservation and removal permits.	The east wall stops 17 ft short of the three magnolias in the landscape strip.
CPUC GO 95, Rule 37 Table 1 CPUC General Order 95	Case 7: 3 ft horizontal clearance from buildings (750 V–22.5 kV). Case 6: 12 ft above a walkable roof.	This is what the north wall is placed to satisfy. The span stays where it is.

Open items#

Open items

A design study, not permit documents — Sunnyvale will require stamped drawings from a licensed architect and engineer. Still open:

Confirm A-2 versus A-3 classification with Sunnyvale Building — it moves the fixture counts, not the sprinklers.
PG&E application for the overhead span, and its real cost.
Protected-tree survey — several mature trees sit near the building envelope.
Title 24 energy compliance for the clerestory glazing area.
Santa Clara County Environmental Health review, if and when the kitchen is fitted out.
Accessible route from the parking lot and CBC Chapter 11B restroom clearances.