Staff Report.17269 Verdes Robles
PREPARED BY: Suray Nathan
Assistant 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: 04/23/2025
ITEM NO: 3
DATE: April 18, 2025
TO: Historic Preservation Committee
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic
Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:12. Located at 17269 Verdes
Robles. APN 424-30-103. Request for Review PHST-25-001. Exempt Pursuant
to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3). Property Owner/Applicant: Uma
Nikhilesh. Project Planner: Suray Nathan.
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider a request to remove a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory for
property zoned R-1:12 located at 17269 Verdes Robles.
PROPERTY DETAILS:
1. Date primary structure was built: 1915 per County Assessor
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
DISCUSSION:
The applicant is requesting approval to remove the pre-1941 residence from the Historic
Resources Inventory. The Santa Clara County Assessor’s Database lists a construction date of
1915; however, the applicant’s research shows it could have been built as early as 1907
(Attachment 2). The property is not included in the 1990 Anne Bloomfield Survey or Sanborn
Fire Insurance Maps. The subject property was annexed into the Town on April 1, 1968.
The applicant provided a Letter of Justification for the requested removal (Attachment 2) that
includes records from Santa Clara County, Town records showing alterations and additions, and
photos of the current residence.
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SUBJECT: 17269 Verdes Robles/PHST-25-001
DATE: April 23, 2025
The applicant’s research shows a Santa Clara County building permit to construct a carport in
1966 (Attachment 2, Appendix A), and page 6 of the Letter of Justification shows a photograph
taken circa 1967 by the County Assessor of the front elevation of the subject house showing the
appearance after the carport was constructed (Attachment 2).
In March 1979, the Town’s Planning Commission approved an application for a two-lot
subdivision of the property. The applicant notes in the Letter of Justification that the
environmental analysis for the lot split determined that the subject residence was not
historically or architecturally significant (Attachment 2, page 7).
Town records also indicate that on April 6, 1993, the Building Division approved the
construction of a new attached two-car garage and an extended overhang that traverses the
front elevation and terminates partially on the west elevation (Attachment 3). The applicant
adds that the windows shown on the submitted plans for the garage and the extended garage
eaves addition show windows different from those seen in the photos taken circa 1967
(Attachment 2).
The applicant’s Letter of Justification concludes that the research shows that the required
findings for removal from the Historic Resources Inventory can be made for this property as the
residence is not in its original condition and nothing significant to the Town’s history is noted
(Attachment 2).
CONCLUSION:
Should the Committee find that the structure has no historic significance or architectural merit
due to the loss of integrity, a recommendation of approval of the request to remove the
property from the Historic Resources Inventory would be forwarded to the Community
Development Director. Once approved by the Director, 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;
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SUBJECT: 17269 Verdes Robles/PHST-25-001
DATE: April 23, 2025
4. The structure does not yield information to Town history; or
5. The integrity has been compromised such that the structure no longer has the
potential to convey significance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Location Map
2. Letter of Justification
3. Town Records - Building Permit - April 6, 1993
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