06-26-2024 - PC Minutes
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
JUNE 26, 2024
The Planning Commission of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular Meeting on
Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Steve Raspe, Vice Chair Emily Thomas, Commissioner Jeffrey Barnett,
Commissioner Melanie Hanssen, and Commissioner Kathryn Janoff
Absent: Commissioner Susan Burnett and Commissioner Adam Mayer
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approval of Minutes – June 12, 2024
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Hanssen to approve adoption of the Consent
Calendar. Seconded by Commissioner Barnett.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. 32 Euclid Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-24-001
APN 529-30-064
Property Owner/Applicant/Appellant: David Wilson
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
Consider an Appeal of a Community Development Director Decision to deny a request to
remove a presumptive historic property (Pre-1941) from the Historic Resources
Inventory on property zoned R-1:8. Exempt pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(b)(3).
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Sean Mullin, Senior Planner, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
Attorney Norm Matteoni, representing Appellant/Applicant
- I have given you handouts to demonstrate that the property in question is not a barn,
hasn’t been for at least 50 years, and there have been numerous changes to the structure.
The second story was adapted to an attic-type room, a front porch was added, the front-
facing wall has been removed in part, windows were inserted, a door on the side was
added, and new siding was added. This all constitutes a technical demolition of the
property’s façade, but in addition to that a kitchen, a bath, a bedroom, laundry room,
fireplace, chimney, asphalt shingle roof, skylights, and windows have all been added. The
windows were cut into the sides of the structure, which is important with respect to the
ordinance regarding technical demolition, because a demolition can be caused by removal
or covering over 25 percent of the front facing portion of the structure, and can also be
caused by removal of 50 percent of the total exterior walls.
Harumi Gong, a neighbor
- I have lived next door to the property for the past 21 years. We wholeheartedly support
the property being removed from being considered a presumptive historic property. The
home is pre-1941, but probably half of the square footage are additions made long after
that date, and even those additions are in various states of disrepair with part of it
collapsing during a storm in 2022. There have been so many additions to the property that
it no longer has any resemblance to any kind of functioning barn and is just deteriorating,
becoming a home for vermin, and a safety issue for the neighborhood. We would like to
see this aging property redeveloped.
Attorney Norm Matteoni, representing Appellant/Applicant
- The neighborhood view is it is not protecting an old structure. It was a barn, but has been
converted to a house.
Closed Public Comment.
Commissioners discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Barnett to grant an Appeal of the Community
Development Director Decision to deny a request to remove a
presumptive historic property from the Historic Resources Inventory on
property zoned R-1:8 for 32 Euclid Avenue. Seconded by Commissioner
Hanssen.
Commissioners discussed the matter.
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VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
3. 123 Wilder Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-23-039
APN 510-18-008
Property Owner: Bogusaw Marcinkowski and Brygida Sas-Marcinkowski
Applicant: Jose De La O
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
Requesting approval for technical demolition of a contributing single-family residence
and construction of a new single-family residence to exceed the Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
standards and requiring a variance to side yard setback requirements located in the
Almond Grove Historic District on property zoned R-1D:LHP. Categorically exempt
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Sean Mullin, Senior Planner, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
Jose De La O
- I am the contractor and have no comments.
Closed Public Comment.
Commissioners discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Hanssen to approve an Architecture and Site
application for 123 Wilder Avenue. Seconded by Commissioner Janoff.
Commissioners discussed the matter.
The maker of the motion amended the motion to add the house remodel plans in Exhibit 9.
The seconder of the motion accepted the amendment to the motion.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
OTHER BUSINESS
REPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
- None.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS/COMMISSION MATTERS
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General Plan Committee
Commissioner Thomas
- The General Plan Committee met on June 26, 2024, to discuss and make a
recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding changing the General Plan land use
designation for 220 Belgatos.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
June 26, 2024 meeting as approved by the
Planning Commission.
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/s/ Vicki Blandin