Item 6 - Staff Report with Attachments 1-3.16735 Shannon Rd
PREPARED BY: RYAN SAFTY
Associate Planner
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6874
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE REPORT
MEETING DATE: 12/14/2022
ITEM NO: 6
DATE: December 9, 2022
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 16735 Shannon
Road. APN 523-06-006. Request for Review PHST-22-023. PROPERTY
OWNER/APPLICANT: Mohsen Houshmand Sarvestani.
PROJECT PLANNER: Ryan Safty.
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider a request to remove a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory for
property zoned R-1:8 located at 16735 Shannon Road.
PROPERTY DETAILS:
1. Date primary structure was built: 1930 per County Assessor’s Database
2. Town of Los Gatos Historic Status Code: Historic and intact or worthy of special note
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 approval to remove the presumptive pre -1941 residence from the
Historic Resources Inventory. The Santa Clara County Assessor’s Database lists a construction
date of 1930. The property is not within a historic district or LHP overlay, and is not included in
the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. The property is included in the 1990 Anne Bloomfield Survey
(Attachment 1) with an estimated construction date of the 1920’s, a preliminary rating of
historic and intact or worthy of special note, and the architectural style noted as bungalow.
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SUBJECT: 16735 Shannon Road/PHST-22-023
DATE: December 9, 2022
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DISCUSSION (continued):
The applicant has provided a letter with their application (Attachment 2), which includes an
analysis of the first four required findings listed below in the Findings Section. The applicant
attests that: the property is not associated with events that have made a significant
contribution to the Town; no significant person lived or was the owner of this property; there
are no distinctive characteristics of type, period, or method of construction or representation of
master work associated with this property; and the structure no longer has the potential to
convey significance. The fifth finding, integrity, was not mentioned as there are no Town
records of any previous additions or alterations to the structure. The applicant states that the
outer walls of the house are very old and rotten, which causes wind and rain to enter the
house, and that they could not find a similar design or material to replace these damaged areas.
As mentioned above, the Town does not have any records of previous additions or alterations
to the structure. The only permits on file are for a detached Accessory Dwelling Unit from the
1970’s and a furnace replacement in 2010.
The applicant also provided pictures of the existing residence, which are included in
Attachment 3.
CONCLUSION:
Should the Committee find that the structure no longer has historic significance or architectural
merit due to the loss of integrity, the structure would be removed from the Historic Resources
Inventory and any proposed alterations would not return to the Committee.
FINDINGS:
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.
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DATE: December 9, 2022
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. 1990 Anne Bloomfield Survey
2. Applicant Request Letter
3. Property Pictures
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COUNTY ASSESSOR--PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS (paste on copy) Page ____ EFFective date ___ _
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Town of Los Gatos: Designation ___ Recognition __ _
District Name ·-------------------------------
Previous Survey
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To Whom it may concern,
I am writing to request removing the property at 16735 Shannon Road from the historic listing.
As I investigate, this property has the following information:
1.The outer wall of the house is very old and rotten and causes wind and rain to enter the
house.
2.We could not find a similar design to replace the damaged part
3.This property is not associated with events that have made a significant contribution to
the town .
4.No significant person lived or was the owner of this property.
5.There are no distinctive characteristics of type, period, or method of construction or
representation of work of master associated with this property.
6.The structure no longer has the potential to convey significance.
Best Regards
Mohsen Houshmand/Maryam Larijani
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ATTACHMENT 3