11 DeskItem.Apply HEOZ to 101 SSC
PREPARED BY: Jocelyn Shoopman and Erin Walters
Associate Planner and 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: 12/05/2023 ITEM NO: 11 DESK ITEM
DATE: December 5, 2023
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Approve a Recommendation of the Planning Commission to Introduce 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 Site: 101 South Santa Cruz
Avenue.” 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.
REMARKS:
On December 1, 2023, the Town received HCD’s findings/comment letter on the Town’s Draft
Revised Housing Element (November 2023), as submitted to HCD on October 2, 2023, along
with the modifications submitted on November 28, 2023. A copy is provided in Attachment 2
and can be found online at www.losgatosca.gov/HousingElement. Staff and the Town’s
Housing Consultants are currently reviewing the letter and will follow up with
recommendations regarding next steps for the Housing Element.
The December 1, 2023, HCD letter does not include specific direction on whether or not to
include this site in the Sites Inventory. This site was described as Site A-2 in the previous Draft
Revised Housing Element (September 2023), but was removed in the November 2023 Draft
because the rezoning had not been completed. Site A-2 had a minimum capacity of 16 units
that were allocated towards fulfilling the above moderate-income category of the Town’s
RHNA. The HCD letter describes the need to promote housing mobility and increasing housing
choices and affordability throughout the Town; however, given that this site was only allocated
above moderate-income housing units, it is not expected to address this issue.
PAGE 2 OF 2 SUBJECT: Apply HEOZ to 101 South Santa Cruz Ave/GP-23-003/Z-23-003 DATE: December 5, 2023
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment Previously Received with the December 5, 2023, Staff Report:
1. Draft Ordinance with Exhibit A
Attachment Received with this Desk Item:
2. December 1, 2023, HCD Letter Findings Comment Letter