Addendum.110 Wood Road
PREPARED BY: Sean Mullin, AICP
Planning Manager
Reviewed by: Planning Manager and Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 406-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 11/13/2024
ITEM NO: 3
ADDENDUM
DATE: November 12, 2024
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Requesting Approval of a Planned Development for Demolition of a Senior
Living Community, Construction of a New Senior Living Community, Removal
of Large Protected Trees, and Site Improvements Requiring a Grading Permit
on Property Zoned R:PD. Located at 110 Wood Road. APN 510-47-038. An
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program, and Modified CEQA Checklist have been Prepared for this Project.
Planned Development Application PD-20-001 and Environmental Impact
Report EIR-21-002. Applicant: Frank Rockwood. Property Owner: Front Porch
Communities. Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
REMARKS:
Exhibit 18 includes high resolution versions of the visual renderings included on Sheet A408 of
the Development Plans.
Exhibit 19 includes additional public comments received between 11:01 am, Friday, November
8, 2024 and 11:00 am, Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Below are responses by staff to Planning Commissioner questions:
1. Is Senate Bill 330 (SB 330) applicable? If SB 330 applies, would this be the third hearing of
the five allowed?
This project is not a “housing development project” under the Housing Accountability Act.
SB 330 only applies to housing development projects.
2. Please point me to the Housing Element Site’s Inventory related to Wood Road:
The Housing Element Site’s Inventory included in the Town’s certified Housing Element is
available through the following link. The subject property is not included in the Housing Sites
Inventory, nor is any property on Wood Road.
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SUBJECT: 110 Wood Road/ PD-20-001 AND EIR-21-002
DATE: November 12, 2024
Town’s Housing Element Site’s Inventory, page D-13:
https://www.losgatosca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39117/5_Appendix-D
3. The existing development includes 130 parking spaces per an older Staff Report. The
Current Staff Report on page 177 says it is 111 parking spaces. The proposal is for 214.
Please advise me whether the existing parking is 111 or 130.
The column included in the referenced table reflects what was permitted through the 1968
Planned Development Ordinance, 111 parking spaces. As indicated in their Letter of
Justification (Exhibit 13), the existing site includes 130 on-site parking spaces (85 within the
existing structure and 45 surface parking spaces).
4. Page 177 of the Staff Report includes a table showing the heights of some of the existing
buildings are 30'-9” to 55'-2". Since the existing buildings are only two-stories, please help
me to understand this entry as to building heights.
Some of the existing buildings cantilever above the grade below. The existing building
heights provided in the Development Plans are dimensioned from the grade. This condition
is shown with the red outlines of the existing buildings included in the cross sections on
Sheet A207 of the Development Plans (Exhibit 16).
5. If there is a Planning Commission recommendation of denial to the Council, and Council
agreement, is the Town potentially subject to a claim for familial discrimination on the
basis that it is housing for seniors, or on the basis of other California or federal statutory
or case law?
Anti-discrimination laws prohibit property managers from discriminating against residents ,
with exceptions for senior housing projects. There are no laws prohibiting the Town from
making its required land use findings.
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SUBJECT: 110 Wood Road/ PD-20-001 AND EIR-21-002
DATE: November 12, 2024
EXHIBITS:
Exhibits previously received under separate cover:
1. May 2021 Draft Environmental Impact Report (available online at
www.losgatosca.gov/110WoodRoad)
2. August 2021 Final Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program (available online at www.losgatosca.gov/110WoodRoad)
Exhibits previously received with the November 13, 2024, Staff Report:
3. Location Map
4. Required Findings
5. Required CEQA Findings of Fact
6. Modified CEQA Checklist, dated September 24, 2024
7. April 5, 2022 Town Council Staff Report (with Attachments)
8. April 5, 2022 Town Council Addendum Report (with Attachments)
9. April 5, 2022 Town Council Minutes
10. October 25, 2023 Planning Commission Study Session Staff Report (with Exhibits)
11. October 25, 2023 Planning Commission Study Session Addendum Report (with Exhibits)
12. October 25, 2023 Planning Commission Study Session Minutes
13. Letter of Justification, dated May 31, 2024
14. Visual Renderings
15. Supplemental Community Engagement Letter, dated October 14, 2024
16. Planned Development Ordinance with Exhibit A Rezone Area and Exhibit B Development
Plans, May 31, 2024
17. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m., Tuesday, October 24, 2023, and 11:00 a.m.,
Friday, November 8, 2024
Exhibits received with this Addendum Report:
18. Additional Visual Renderings
19. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, November 8, 2024, and 11:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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