Item 3 - Staff Report and Attachments 1 - 3
PREPARED BY: SALLY ZARNOWITZ, AIA
Planning Manager
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6874
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE REPORT
MEETING DATE: 05/27/2020
ITEM NO: 3
DATE: May 20, 2020
TO: Historic Preservation Committee
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic
Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8 Located at 16880 Kennedy
Road. APN 532-35-067. Property Owner: David Collins. Applicant: Jay Plett.
Project Planner: Sally Zarnowitz.
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider a request to remove a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory for
property zoned R-1:8 located at 16880 Kennedy Road.
PROPERTY DETAILS:
1. Date primary structure was built: 1937 per County Assessor’s Database
2. Town of Los Gatos Historic Status Code: None
3. Does property have an LHP Overlay? No
4. Is structure in a historic district? No
5. If yes, is it a contributor? N/A
6. Findings required? Yes
7. Considerations required? No
DISCUSSION:
The applicant is requesting a determination that the pre-1941 residence has no historic
significance or architectural merit, and has provided a Letter of Justification, property research,
and photographs. (Attachments 1 through 3).
CONCLUSION:
The applicant’s Letter of Justification outlines the request to remove the structure from the
Historic Resources Inventory, due to the lack of architectural merit, as well as the loss of
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integrity, including the replacement of windows. Should the Committee find that the structure
has no historic significance or architectural merit, the structure would be removed from the
Historic Resources Inventory and any proposed work would not return to the Committee.
A. Findings - related to a request for a determination that a pre-1941 primary structure has no
historic significance or architectural merit.
In evaluating a request for a determination of historic significance or architectural merit,
the Historic Preservation Committee shall consider the following:
1. The structure is not associated with events that have made a significant contribution
to the Town;
2. No Significant persons are associated with the site;
3. There are no distinctive characteristics of type, period or method of construction or
representation of work of a master;
4. The structure does not yield information to Town history; or
5. The integrity has been compromised such that the structure no longer has the
potential to convey significance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Letter of Justification
2. Research
3. Photographs
16880 K E N N E D Y R O A D
To: MEMBERS OF The TOWN HPC
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE RESIDENCE LOCATEDAT 16880 KENNEDY ROAD BE REMOVED FROM THEHISTORIC INVENTORY LIST FOR THE FOLLOWINGREASONS -
• IT IS NOT FOUND IN THE SANBORN MAPS
• IT IS NOT FOUND IN ANNE BLOOMFIELDS INVENTORY
• LIBRARY RESEARCH REVEALED NO PHONE RECORDSPRIOR TO 1941. or PERSONS OF INTEREST
• The HOUSE IS NOT OF ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
• MANY WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH orVINYL - SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS DEPICTINGSTRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT WINDOW FRAMES
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