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TOWN OF LOS GATOS PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 12, 2025
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 PM
Emily Thomas, Chair
Kendra Burch, Vice Chair
Jeffrey Barnett, Commissioner
Susan Burnett, Commissioner
Steven Raspe, 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.
o 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) 402-9753 for US Toll-free or (636) 651-3141 for US Toll.
(Conference code: 602463). 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.
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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 January 8, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting
2. Draft Minutes of the January 22, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting
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.)
3. Consider a Request for Approval to Demolish Existing Hotel Structures (Los Gatos
Lodge), Construct a Multi-Family Residential Development (155 Units), a Conditional Use
Permit, a Condominium Vesting Tentative Map, Site Improvements Requiring a Grading
Permit, and Remove Large Protected Trees Under Senate Bill 330 (SB 330) on Property
Zoned CH:PD:HEOZ. Located at 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. APNs 529-24-032, 529-24-
001, and 529-24-003. Architecture and Site Application S-23-042, Conditional Use Permit
Application U-23-017, and Subdivision Application M-23-009. No Additional
Environmental Review is Necessary Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183:
Streamlining Process, Since the Proposed Project’s Environmental Impacts were
Adequately Addressed in the 2020 General Plan EIR and/or 2040 General Plan EIR, as
Applicable. Property Owner: Keet S. Nerhan. Applicant: SummerHill Homes, LLC. Project
Planner: Sean Mullin.
4. Consider a Request for Approval to Demolish and Existing Single-Family Residence,
Construct a New Single-Family Residence, and Site Improvements Requiring a Grading
Permit on Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 14335 La Rinconada Drive, Parcel 1. APN
409-14-046. Architecture and Site Application S-23-028. Categorically Exempt Pursuant
to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303: New Construction. Property Owner/Applicant:
MGKG Properties, LP. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
5. Consider a Request for Approval of a One-Year Time Extension to an Existing
Architecture and Site Application (S-18-052) to Construct a New Single-Family
Residence, Site Work Requiring a Grading Permit, and Removal of Large Protected Trees
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on a Vacant Property Zoned HR-2½:PD. Located at 15365 Santella Court. APN 527-09-
036. Architecture and Site Application S-24-069. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
was Prepared for the Planned Development and was Certified by the Town Council on
December 19, 2005. No Further Environmental Analysis is Required for the Individual
Lot Development. Property Owner: Christian and Hellen Olgaard. Applicant:
Hari Sripadanna. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
6. Forward a Recommendation to the Town Council on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 29
(Zoning Regulations) of the Town Code Regarding Emergency Shelters, Small Employee
Housing, Transitional Housing, Supportive Housing, Employee Housing, Group Homes,
and Findings for Reasonable Accommodation Requests Pursuant to Implementation
Program AP of the 2023-2031 Housing Element. Adoption of this Ordinance is Exempt
Pursuant to CEQA, Section 15061(b)(3) in that it Can be Seen with Certainty that it Will
not Impact the Environment. Town Code Amendment Application A-25-001. Project
Location: Town Wide. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
OTHER BUSINESS
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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