Attachment 7 - May 24, 2023 Planning Commission Addendum Report with Exhibit 5PREPARED BY: Jennifer Armer, AICP
Planning Manager
Reviewed by: Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6872
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 05/24/2023
ITEM NO: 2
ADDENDUM
DATE: May 23, 2023
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Forward a Recommendation to the Town Council on Modifications to the
Town Height Pole and Netting Policy for Additions and New Construction.
The Proposed Amendments to Town Policy are Not Considered a Project
Under the California Environmental Quality Act. Project Location: Town
Wide. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
REMARKS:
Exhibit 5 includes public comment received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, May 19, 2023, and
11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
EXHIBITS:
Previously received with the April 26, 2023, Staff Report:
1.Current Story Pole Policy
2.Story Pole Installer Input
Previously received with the April 26, 2023, Addendum Report:
3.Public Comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, April 21, 2023, and 11:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Previously received with the May 24, 2023, Staff Report:
4.Story Pole Policy Examples
Received with this Addendum Report:
5.Public Comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, May 19, 2023, and 11:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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From: Chris Spaulding
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2023 2:27 PM
To: Jennifer Armer <JArmer@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Re: Planning Commission to Continue Discussion of Modifications to Story Pole Policy
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
Hi Jennifer,
I'd be happy to add some comments:
1. The requirement for orange netting is unnecessarily alarming. There is no need to scare people. No
new structure will be bright orange. If the purpose is to encourage people to complain, then the orange
netting is working.
2. The story poles are also unnecessarily expensive. Many cities allow individual story poles, without the
need to connect them together with netting. The netting is actually the expensive part, as it requires a
lift to attach the netting that high above the ground.
-Chris
EXHIBIT 5
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