ONLINE SERVICE FOR AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

SUNNYVALE'S RISING STARS

TWO-YEAR BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS

ONE-STOP PERMIT CENTER 20TH ANNIVERSARY

BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB

WHAT CAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DO FOR YOU?

ONLINE SERVICE FOR AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

Sunnyvale’s Economic Development Division is providing an online service that will assist companies in identifying available commercial properties in the City.  Through a contract with LoopNet, Inc. companies searching for retail, industrial, office and other commercial properties can access information directly from the City of Sunnyvale Web site at www.sunnyvale.ca.gov.  LoopNet is an online real estate marketing service, similar to the residential multiple listing service, that enables commercial real estate firms to showcase their available properties on the Internet.

Existing and potential businesses can access the site from the City of Sunnyvale Web site.  Once you click on "Available Commercial Properties" you will be immediately connected to the property listings.  The information can be sorted by properties for sale or lease, by type of property (industrial, retail, etc.), by square footage and/or by price.  The listing includes businesses that are for sale.

This information can be accessed at www.sunnyvale.ca.gov.

If you have any questions on this new service, contact Economic Development at (408) 730-7607 or email econdev@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us.

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SUNNYVALE'S RISING STARS

The City of Sunnyvale would like to extend their congratulations to Sunnyvale’s Rising Stars.  These companies were recognized as part of the “Deloitte & Touche: North America Technology Fast 500, Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 and Rising Star,” and “Silicon Valley Business Journal: Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies” programs. These “Rising Stars of 2004” reinforce Sunnyvale's continued role as the Heart of Silicon Valley.

The Deloitte & Touche program recognizes public and private technology companies that have achieved fastest rates of annual revenue growth in North America and in specific geographic regions during the past five years.

North America Technology Fast 500 By Deloitte & Touche

Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Blue Pumpkin

Interwoven, Inc.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Kyphon Inc.

NetScreen Technologies

OmniVision Technologies 

SanDisk Corporation

SonicWALL, Inc.

Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 By Deloitte & Touche

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Kyphon Inc.

NetScreen Technologies

OmniVision Technologies

2004 Silicon Valley Rising Star Award by Deloitte & Touche

PalmSource, Inc.

Silicon Valley Business Journal recognizes fastest growing private and largest private companies ranked by percent of revenue growth from 2001-2003.

Fastest Growing Private Companies by Silicon Valley Business Journal

Adeza Biomedical Corporation

Atheros Communications, Inc.

cMango, Inc.

Hirsch Machine, Inc.

If your company was recognized in any of these categories, the City of Sunnyvale will be sending you an invitation to the 2004 Rising Start Event scheduled for January, 2005.  You will be receiving invitations in November 2004.  If you have any questions about the Rising Star Event, please contact Economic Development at (408) 730-7607 or email econdev@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us

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Two-year Business License Renewal Process

The City of Sunnyvale is moving to a two year business license cycle starting in 2005.  This change is a result of a budget reduction in Fiscal Year 2003/2004 to the staff hours in the Business Licensing activity.  The City of Sunnyvale has approximately 7,000 business licenses that expire every year in December.  Migrating to a two year licensing cycle will allow staff to maintain a high level of service by having 50% of the licenses expire in alternating years.  The City is planning on administering this transition in the following manner: 

In December 2004, all businesses in the City's business license database will receive a renewal form. In order to make a smooth transition to prevent against all licenses expiring at the same time,  50% of the licenses for 2005 will be issued for one year (expiring on December 31, 2005) and 50% of the licenses will be issued for a two-year term (expiring on December 31, 2006).    In December 2005, the businesses with the one-year license would renew their license for a two-year term. 

In addition, the City Council approved an increase to the renewal processing fee from $17.00 to $23.00.   When Sunnyvale businesses migrate to the two-year renewal cycle, they will save $11.00 over the two-year term because businesses that paid $17.00 per year for the processing fee will now pay only $23.00 in processing fees for two years.   For more information on this process, please call the Business License phone line at (408) 730-7620.

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One Stop Permit Center 20th Anniversary

Sunnyvale was the first city in the U.S. to provide a centralized building permit center for customer convenience.  Opened on October 29, 1984, the One Stop Permit Center put all departments and divisions related to building permits in one place so that customers could visit one location to take care of their business rather than go from office to office in City Hall or off-site locations obtaining the required approvals.  It sounds like common sense now, but it was a radical departure from the way municipal permit business was conducted at the time.  Some cities still have not centralized the permit process and residents in some communities are still forced to run from here to there and back again to obtain their permits.

As a result of the One-Stop Permit Center, Sunnyvale has earned an international reputation for streamlining the building permit process. We are able to issue more than 90% of all building permits at the counter the same day the customer submits the plans.  Less than 10% of all permits issued are taken in for review and are reviewed within 21 days.  State law requires review within 30 days. 

Over the past twenty years, major improvements have been made to the One-Stop Permit Center, including increasing the number of permits issued over the counter and reducing the review time for projects that are submitted for review. However, the most significant is the establishment of the E-OneStop, and on-line version of the One Stop Permit Center. Using cutting edge technology, supported by the Information Technology Department, the E-OneStop was established in 1999 and offers a full range of building permit services completely on-line. Services available on-line are:

We are constantly improving and expanding the services offered on-line and in person at the One Stop Permit Center. For more information or to provide and feedback, please contact Ali Fatapour, Chief Building Official, at (408) 730-7444 or afatapour@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us.

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Business License Application Available on the Web
You will be able to print the business license application from our Web site starting November 1, 2004.  Please visit www.sunnyvale-econdev.com and select "Doing Business in Sunnyvale" to access the application.

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