10 Staff Report.Apply HEOZ to LGB Parcels Ordiance - Second Reading
PREPARED BY: Jocelyn Shoopman, Associate Planner and
Erin Walters, Associate Planner
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, Community Development
Department Director, and Economic Vitality Manager
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 11/21/2023 ITEM NO: 10
DATE: November 16, 2023
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt an Ordinance Titled “An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos to Apply the Housing Element Overlay Zone (HEOZ) to Provide for
Increases to the Allowable Density, Height, Floor Area Ratio, and Lot
Coverage for Residential Development on the Following Sites Included in the
Sites Inventory Analysis of the 2023-2031 Housing Element: 15300, 15349,
15367, 15405, 15425, 15480, and 15500 Los Gatos Boulevard.” An
Environmental Impact Report was Prepared and Certified for the 2040
General Plan Update on June 30, 2022, which Included the Proposed Zoning
Code Amendments. No further Environmental Analysis is Required. Zoning
Code Amendment Application Z-23-003. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt an ordinance titled “An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos to Apply
the Housing Element Overlay Zone (HEOZ) to Provide for Increases to the Allowable Density,
Height, Floor Area Ratio, and Lot Coverage for Residential Development on the Following Sites
Included in the Sites Inventory Analysis of the 2023-2031 Housing Element: 15300, 15349,
15367, 15405, 15425, 15480, and 15500 Los Gatos Boulevard.”
REMARKS:
On November 7, 2023, the Council considered and voted to introduce an Ordinance to effect
a zoning change to apply the Housing Element Overlay Zone (HEOZ) on the following sites
included in the Site Inventory Analysis of the 2023-2031 Housing Element 15300, 15349, 15367,
15405, 15425, 15480, and 15500 Los Gatos Boulevard. Adoption of the Ordinance (Attachment
1) would finalize the decision. Once adopted, the Ordinance will take effect in 30 days.
PAGE 2 OF 2 SUBJECT: Apply the HEOZ to 15300, 15349, 15367, 15405, 15425, 15480, and 15500 Los Gatos Boulevard/Z-23-003 DATE: November 16, 2023
ATTACHMENT:
1. Draft Ordinance with Exhibit A – Location Maps