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DRAFT RESOLUTION 2023- RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS TO SET A DATE FOR CONSIDERATION OF A REORGANIZATION OF AN UNINHABITED TERRITORY DESIGNATED AS STEPHENIE LANE NO. 4
APN: 523-25-034
APPROXIMATELY 0.53 ACRES
ANNEXATION APPLICATION: AN22-003
PROPERTY LOCATION: 15974 STEPHENIE LANE
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: RON AND DAPHNE WATSON
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos has received a request from Ron
and Daphne Watson for annexation of territory designated as Stephenie No. 4; and
WHEREAS, the property, approximately 0.53 acres and includes no County street right-
of-way located at 15974 Stephenie Lane, APN: 523-25-034, is within 300 feet of a Town
boundary and within the Town’s Urban Service Area; and
WHEREAS, the following special district would be affected by the proposal: Santa Clara
County Library Service Area; and
WHEREAS, the annexation would provide for use of Town services; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council enacted Ordinance 1267 in 1975 pre-zoning the subject
territory with an R-1:8 (single-family residential, 8,000 square foot minimum lot size) zoning
designation; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos, as Lead Agency for environmental review for the
reorganization, has determined annexation of the subject property is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3); and
WHEREAS, the County Surveyor of Santa Clara County has found the description and
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map (Exhibit A and B) to be in accordance with Government Code Section 56757, the
boundaries to be definite and certain, and the proposal to be in compliance with the Local
Agency Formation Commission’s road annexation policies; and
WHEREAS, as provided in Government Code Section 56757, the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos shall be the conducting authority for a reorganization including an
annexation to the Town; and
WHEREAS, the territory is uninhabited and all owners of land included in the proposal
have consented to this annexation; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 56662(a) provides that if a petition for annexation
is signed by all owners of land within the affected territory, the Town Council may approve or
disapprove the annexation without a public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos
hereby initiates annexation proceedings and will consider annexation of the territory
designated as Stephenie No. 4 at its regular meeting on May 2, 2023.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, California, held on the 18th day of April 2023, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: ___________________
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: ___________________
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