Planning Commission Agenda - 01-08-2025
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
JANUARY 08, 2025
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 PM
Steven Raspe, Chair
Emily Thomas, Vice Chair
Jeffrey Barnett, Commissioner
Kendra Burch, Commissioner
Susan Burnett, Commissioner
Rob Stump, Commissioner
Vacant, Commissioner
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This is a hybrid/in-person meeting and will be held in-person at the Town Council Chambers at
110 E. Main Street and virtually through the Zoom webinar application (log-in information
provided below). Members of the public may provide public comments for agenda items in-
person or virtually through the Zoom webinar by following the instructions listed below. The
live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online
at www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube.
PARTICIPATION
The public is welcome to provide oral comments in real-time during the meeting in three ways:
Zoom webinar (Online): Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click
this URL to join: https://losgatosca-
gov.zoom.us/j/84581980917?pwd=HBC1JDVAnIv95RNwWbWOUU0PKq949O.1. Passcode:
943933. You can also type in 845 8198 0917 in the “Join a Meeting” page on the Zoom
website at https://zoom.us/join and use passcode 943933.
When the Chair announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature
in Zoom. If you are participating by phone on the Zoom app, press *9 on your telephone keypad
to raise your hand.
Telephone: Please dial (877) 336-1839 US Toll-free or (636) 651-0008 US Toll. (Conference
code: 686100). If you are participating by calling in, press #2 on your telephone keypad to
raise your hand.
In-Person: Please complete a “speaker’s card” located on the back of the Chamber benches
and return it to the Vice Chair before the meeting or when the Chair announces the item for
which you wish to speak.
NOTES: (1) Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes or less at the Chair’s discretion.
(2) If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may email planning@losgatosca.gov with
the subject line “Public Comment Item #__” (insert the item number relevant to your
comment).
(3) Deadlines to submit written public comments are:
11:00 a.m. the Friday before the Planning Commission meeting for inclusion in the agenda
packet.
11:00 a.m. the Tuesday before the Planning Commission meeting for inclusion in an
addendum.
11:00 a.m. on the day of the Planning Commission meeting for inclusion in a desk item.
(4) Persons wishing to make an audio/visual presentation may do so only for items on the
agenda and must submit the presentation electronically to planning@losgatosca.gov no later
than 3:00 p.m. on the day of the Planning Commission meeting.
MEETING CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public may address the Commission on matters
not listed on the agenda and are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. Unless
additional time is authorized by the Commission, remarks shall be limited to three minutes.)
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION) (Before the Planning Commission
acts on the consent agenda, any member of the Commission may request that any item be
removed from the consent agenda. At the Chair’s discretion, items removed from the consent
calendar may be considered either before or after the Public Hearings portion of the agenda.)
1. Draft Minutes of the December 11, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting
2. Consider an Appeal of a Community Development Director Decision Determining that
the Residence Remain a Contributor to the Historic District for Property Located in the
Almond Grove Historic District Zoned O:LHP. APN 510-14-053. Located at 228 Bachman
Avenue. Request for Review Application PHST-24-017. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA
Section 15061 (b)(3). Property Owner/Applicant/Appellant: James Wood. Project
Planner: Sean Mullin.
3. Annual Review of an Approved Conditional Use Permit for an Existing Private School
(Hillbrook School) on Property Zoned HR-1. Located at 300 Marchmont Drive. APNs
532-10-001 and 532-11-011. Conditional Use Permit Application U-12-002.
Applicant/Property Owner: Mark Silver/Hillbrook School. Project Planner: Jocelyn
Shoopman.
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants/Appellants 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/Appellants 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 Commission’s
consent at the meeting.)
4. Consider a Request for Approval for Technical Demolition of an Existing Single-Family
Residence, Construction of a New Single-Family Residence, and a Variance for the
Required Front Setback on Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 16590 Garden Lane. APN
424-19-054. Architecture and Site Application S-24-049 and Variance Application V-24-
002. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303: New
Construction or Conversion of Small Structures. Property Owner/Applicant: Sunayana
Bedi. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
5. Consider a Request for Approval to Construct a New Single-Family Residence with
Reduced Front and Side Yard Setbacks on a Nonconforming Vacant Property Zoned R-
1:8. Located at 16500 Marchmont Drive. APN 532-08-017. Categorically Exempt
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303(a): New Construction or Conversion of Small
Structures. Property Owners: Ahmad Shamsoddini, Elham Eshraghi, and Mehrdad
Alipour. Applicant: Tony Jeans. Project Planner: Suray Nathan.
6. Consider an Appeal of a Community Development Director Decision to Deny a Request
to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources Inventory on Property
Zoned R-1:8. Located at 55 Ellenwood Avenue. APN 510-19-010. Exempt Pursuant to
CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). Request for Review PHST-24-020. Property Owner: Pooja
Goel. Applicant: Melina Padilla. Appellant: Vishal Jain. Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
7. Consider a Request for Approval to Construct a New Single-Family Residence with
Reduced Side and Rear Yard Setbacks, Site Improvements Requiring a Grading Permit,
and Removal of Large Protected Trees on a Nonconforming Vacant Property Zoned R-
1:20. Located at 45 Reservoir Road. APN 529-33-054. Architecture and Site Application
S-22-048. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303: New
Construction. Property Owner: Farnaz Agahian. Applicant: Gary Kohlsaat, Architect.
Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
OTHER BUSINESS
8. Select a Chair and Vice Chair.
REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS / COMMISSION MATTERS
ADJOURNMENT (Planning Commission policy is to adjourn no later than 11:30 p.m. unless a
majority of the Planning Commission votes for an extension of time.)
ADA NOTICE In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special
assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk’s Office at (408) 354-6834.
Notification at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting date will enable the Town to
make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting [28 CFR §35.102-35.104].
NOTICE REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS Materials related to an item on this agenda
submitted to the Planning Commission after initial distribution of the agenda packets are
available for public inspection at Town Hall, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos and on Town’s
website at www.losgatosca.gov. Planning Commission agendas and related materials can be
viewed online at https://losgatos-ca.municodemeetings.com/.
Planning Commission meetings are broadcast Live on KCAT, Channel 15 (on Comcast) on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Live and Archived Planning Commission meetings can be viewed by going to:
www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube
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