Attachment 1 - Project Description Letter FRANKS & BRENKWITZ, LLP
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING + HISTORICAL
PO Box 597, Aptos, CA 95001-0597
Phone (831) 662-8800
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Date: 11-2-20
To: Town of Los Gatos, Community Development Dept.
Attention: Ryan M. Safty, Associate Planner
Job: 221 Almendra Ave., MR-20-006
We transmit: Project Description / Letter of Justification
Note: Ryan: the following response addresses Item 3 in the First Review
Comments in your letter of 8-7-20:
Project Description
The request for entitlements surrounding the proposed detached 2-car
garage stem from the existing residence lacking any kind of covered
parking. Currently, parking occurs mostly in the rear portion of the lot, and
leaves the cars in an unprotected and somewhat visible environment. The
new garage will alleviate these issues while also providing some minor
indoor storage. The garage location near the rear of the lot is consistent with
some of the neighboring parcels on the street, and aesthetically places the
garage is a less prominent spot visually on the parcel. The garage size is
much less than what is allowed, so it will not overwhelm the scale and
proportion of the lot.
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The garage also provides the “foundation” for the future proposed ADU
which will rest above it. The ADU will be applied for under a separate
building permit.
Architecturally, the garage will echo materials and forms present in the
soon-to-be remodeled house. Thus, the garage and house (and future ADU)
will harmoniously blend together.
Sincerely,
Brett Brenkwitz, Architect C 25,131