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Item 4 - Staff Report and Attachments 1 to 4 PREPARED BY: Savannah Van Akin Assistant 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: 10/25/2023 ITEM NO: 4 DATE: October 20, 2023 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 16488 Bonnie Lane. APN 532-02-014. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). Request for Review PHST-23-018. Property Owner/Applicant: Vu-Ngan Tran Project Planner: Savannah Van Akin. RECOMMENDATION: Consider a request to remove a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory for property zoned R-1:8 located at 16488 Bonnie Lane. PROPERTY DETAILS: 1. Date primary structure was built: 1938 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 1938. The property is not within a historic district or LHP overlay and is included in the 1990 Anne Bloomfield Survey (Attachment 1). The property is not included in the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. The applicant has provided a summary of the records researched (Attachment 2), as well as property pictures (Attachment 3). PAGE 2 OF 2 SUBJECT: 16488 Bonnie Lane/PHST-23-018 DATE: October 20, 2023 N:\DEV\HISTORIC PRESERVATION\HPC Reports and Attachments\2023\10-25-23\Item 04 - 16488 Bonnie Lane\Staff Report. 16488 Bonnie Lane.docx DISCUSSION (continued): Town records (Attachment 4) show a request for a 644 square-foot second-story addition, a 356 square-foot addition to the first floor, and a new side and rear patio, submitted to the Town’s Planning Department. There were not any existing elevations or existing photos of the residence in the record. The application was approved in August 1989. In January 1990, the plans for the proposed addition were provided to the Building Department. The dates become difficult to interpret, but it appears the work was finaled with the building department in February 1991. The photograph from the Anne Bloomfield Survey appears to be dated April 1990, a year before the second story-addition was completed. 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. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Anne Bloomfield Survey 2. Applicant’s Submittal Packet 3. Property Pictures 4. Town Records This Page Intentionally Left Blank ATTACHMENT 2 10/18/23, 11:47 AM Property Profile https://sccdpdapps.com/profile/profile_web.html?apn=53202014 1/1 APN: 532-02-014 Site Address: 16488 BONNIE LN LOS GATOS CA 95032-4715 Recorded Size (Assessor Database): 14,375 sq. ft. / 0.3 acres Computed Size (GIS): 11,718 sq. ft. / 0.3 acres TRA: 03000 APN:53202014 is incorporated (LOS GATOS). General Plan: USA USA: Los Gatos (100%) SOI: Los Gatos Zoning: INCORPORATED Supervisor District: 5 Approved Building Site: Research needed to evaluate parcel as a Building Site Los Gatos Hillside Specific Plan Area: IN Fire Responsibility Area: LRA (100%) Fire Protection District: Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District Historic Parcel: NO FEMA Flood Zone: X (95.1%), D (4.9%) Sanitary District: West Valley Sanitation District Watershed: San Francisco Bay Rain isohyet: 23 inches Nearest named creek: EAST ROSS CREEK (287 feet) Nearest named lake: Vasona Reservoir (5749 feet) COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA PLANNING OFFICE 70 W. HEDDING ST., SAN JOSE, CA 95110 (408) 299-5770 Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development Online Property Profile October 18, 2023 11:46:16 AM.  The GIS data used in this analysis was compiled from various sources. While deemed reliable, the Planning Office assumes no liability. Property Location Information Planning and Development Information Special Area Policies and Information + − Leaflet Map data ©2023 Imagery ©2023 AMBAG, Airbus, CNES / Airbus, Maxar Technologies Report a map error Date Item Provider Permitted 1984 * repaired main bath, removed gravity furnace, replaced hallway floor, replaced kitchen floor K.K. & Son no 1985 * built out studio in the rear of the detached garage. K.K. & Son (construction), C.E. Hilpipre (plumbing)no 1988 * install fireplace insert in living room Sun, Wind & Fire ? 1989 * added 2nd floor, family room, and enlarged the kitchen area.Steve Rehder yes 2000 * install retaining wall and french drain around back of garage Reid Clark ? 2005 * replaced main house roof Los Gatos Roofing yes 2013 * replaced and added 2-zone HVAC system ASAP heating & cooling yes 2013 * replaced sewer lateral with impervious 4" STR17 pipe Drainworks no 2014 * replaced cooktop with induction cooktop PJs Building & Installation no 2016 * replaced garage roof Reed Roofers yes 2016 * installed solar system Solar City (Tesla)yes 2019 * remodeled main bathroom and replaced main sewer junction under house LAR Construction yes 2019 * copper repipe and new hot water heater Repipe Specialists yes DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CD868D5-BCD9-4791-8150-A357BA9B3F54 9/15/2022 9/15/2022 Received Sign DATE Sign DATE This Page Intentionally Left Blank ATTACHMENT 3