Attachment 2 - May 28, 2025, HPC Action LetterTOWN OF LOS GATOS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DIVISION
(408) 354-6872 Fax (408) 354-7593
May 28, 2025
Donna Chivers
Via email
RE: 310 Tait Avenue
Request for Preliminary Review PHST-24-026
Requesting Preliminary Review for Construction of a New Second-Story Addition and Exterior
Alterations to an Existing Non-Contributing Single-Family Residence Located in the Almond
Grove Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 510-14-058. Exempt Pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Property Owner: Santiago Allende.
Applicant: Donna Chivers.
On May 28, 2025, the Los Gatos Historic Preservation Committee discussed the revised item and
provided the following feedback and requested that the applicant return to the Committee at a future
date:
•The revised design is a better design.
•The lack of parking is a concern.
•The massing and scale are concerns.
•The proposed home is large on a small lot.
•Recommends moving more of the mass to the back.
•Major concern is keeping the effect of that immediate neighborhood, four cottage homes.
•Consider working within the allowed FAR.
•Revisit the Residential Design Guidelines.
If you have any questions, I can be contacted by phone at (408) 354-6867or by email at
ewalters@losgatosca.gov.
Sincerely,
Erin M. Walters
Senior Planner
cc: Santiago Allende, via email
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