Staff Report.32 Euclid Avenue
PREPARED BY: SEAN MULLIN, AICP
Senior 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: 03/27/2024 ITEM NO: 2
DATE: March 22, 2024
TO: Historic Preservation Committee
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Requesting Approval to Remove a Presumptive Historic Property (Pre-1941)
from the Historic Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at
32 Euclid Avenue. APN 529-30-064. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section
15061 (b)(3). Request for Review Application PHST-23-019. Property
Owner/Applicant: David Wilson. Project Planner: Sean Mullin
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider request to remove a presumptive historic property (pre-1941) from the Historic
Resources Inventory for property zoned R-1:8 located at 32 Euclid Avenue.
PROPERTY DETAILS:
1. Date primary structure was built: 1900 per County Assessor’s Database
2. Town of Los Gatos Historic Status Code: N/A
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
BACKGROUND:
On November 15, 2023, the Committee considered a request to remove the subject property
from the Historic Resources Inventory (Attachment 1). The Committee received the staff
report, held a public hearing, and discussed the request. The Committee was unable to make
the findings for removal without additional information and voted three-to-one to deny the
request without prejudice (Attachment 2).
PAGE 2 OF 3 SUBJECT: 32 Euclid Avenue/PHST-24-001 DATE: March 22, 2024
N:\DEV\HISTORIC PRESERVATION\HPC Reports and Attachments\2024\03-27-24\Item 2 - 32 Euclid Avenue\Staff Report.32 Euclid Avenue.docx
DISCUSSION:
The applicant has submitted a new application requesting removal of the presumptive historic
property (pre-1941) from the Historic Resources Inventory. Included with the application is a
request letter and an Architectural Historical Evaluation prepared by ECORP Consulting, Inc.
(Attachments 3 and 4).
The ECORP report concludes that the residence at 32 Euclid Avenue is not eligible for listing on
the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources. The
report also concludes that the residence does not meet the Town’s criteria for historic
resources, except criterion 3 for being constructed prior to 1941. The report determines that
the property should be removed from the Historic Resources Inventory due to a lack of
historical or architectural value (Attachment 4, Section 6.0).
CONCLUSION:
If the Committee can make the findings for removal from the Historic Resources Inventory
based on the new information provided by the applicant, a recommendation of approval should
be forwarded to the Community Development Director. Once removed from the Historic
Resources Inventory, 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; and
5. The integrity has been compromised such that the structure no longer has the
potential to convey significance.
PAGE 3 OF 3 SUBJECT: 32 Euclid Avenue/PHST-24-001 DATE: March 22, 2024
N:\DEV\HISTORIC PRESERVATION\HPC Reports and Attachments\2024\03-27-24\Item 2 - 32 Euclid Avenue\Staff Report.32 Euclid Avenue.docx
ATTACHMENTS:
1. November 15, 2023, Historic Preservation Committee Staff Report (without Attachments)
2. November 15, 2023, Historic Preservation Committee Minutes
3. Request Letter, dated January 31, 2024
4. Architectural Historical Evaluation prepared by ECORP Consulting, Inc., dated February 9,
2024
This Page
Intentionally
Left Blank