01-23-2024 Agenda - DRC (PDF)Page 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 23, 2024
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
LOS GATOS, CA
10:00 AM
This meeting will be held in-person at the Town Council Chambers at 110 E. Main Street. Members
of the public may only provide public comments for the agenda item in-person.
PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS
The Town of Los Gatos strongly encourages your active participation in the public process, which is
the cornerstone of democracy. If you are interested in providing oral comments during the meeting,
you must attend in-person and complete a “speaker’s card” located on the back of the chamber
benches and return it to the staff. If you wish to speak to an item on the agenda, please list the item
number. The time allocated to speakers may change to better facilitate the Committee meeting.
You are welcome to submit written comments via email to planning@losgatosca.gov.
Public Comment During the Meeting:
• When called to speak, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes, or such other time as
the Chair may decide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Town meeting.
• Speakers at public meetings will be asked to provide their full name and to state whether they
are a resident of the Town of Los Gatos. This information is optional and not required.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Committee on any
matter that is not listed on the agenda. To ensure all agenda items are heard and unless additional
time is authorized by the Chair, this portion of the agenda is limited to 30 minutes and no more than
three (3) minutes per speaker. In the event additional speakers were not able to be heard during the
initial Verbal Communications portion of the agenda, an additional Verbal Communications will be
opened prior to adjournment.)
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approval of Minutes – January 9, 2024
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PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five minutes
maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three minutes to
comment on any public hearing item. Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a
total of three minutes maximum for closing statements. Items requested/recommended for
continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.)
2. 14270 Arnerich Road
Architecture and Site Application S-23-006
Requesting Approval for Demolition of an Existing Single-Family Residence, Construction of a
New Single-Family Residence, Removal of Large Protected Trees, and Site Improvements
Requiring a Grading Permit on Property Zoned HR-20. APN 537-11-008. Categorically
Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303: New Construction or Conversion of
Small Structures.
Property Owner: Badri Ratan
Applicant: Michael Vierhus
Project Planner: Ryan Safty
MAP
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
None.
ADJOURNMENT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING,
PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK DEPARTMENT AT (408) 354-6834. NOTIFICATION 48 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING WILL ENABLE THE TOWN
TO MAKE REASONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO THIS MEETING [28 CFR §35.102-35.104].