Attachment 1ECONOMIC VITALITY & LAND USE STREAMLINING
The Town of Los Gatos is proud to be the home of a variety of premium
shopping and dining experiences. Our downtown is one of the most
charming and beautiful places around, while Los Gatos Boulevard and
surrounding shopping centers provide neighborhood convenience and other
fantastic shopping, dining, and service businesses against the back drop of
the picturesque foothills. The Town Council is committed to creating
opportunities for existing and new businesses to thrive throughout Los
Gatos, and as a result have adopted a strategic priority to continue to
support our business community through streamlining processes, policies,
and ordinances.
Through the dedicated work of the Town Council, its Policy Committee, and
the Planning Commission, the Town has taken strides to create, modify, and rescind Town policies and
Code language to generate opportunities for businesses to continue to grow in Town.
The list below highlights much of the work that has been completed to date, and we will continue to make
strides in creating an environment that allows our business community to continue to be the very best.
Please click on any of the items below to learn more about what was adopted :
• Flexible outdoor seating regulations on public and private property (9/1/15, Town Council
Meeting, Item 11)
• Allowance for paid private Downtown valet parking (11/3/15, Town Council Meeting, Item 13)
• Allowance for entertainment by right before 10 P.M. and late-night entertainment with a permit
(6/21/16, Town Council Meeting, Item 19)
• Significantly reducing the Traffic Impact Fees that are applied to existing commercial space in
Downtown and Shopping Centers (11/17/16 and 2/16/17, Policy Committee Meetings)
• Providing flexible seating calculations for restaurants guided by Maximum Fire Occupancy
(3/20/18, Town Council Meeting, Item 9)
• Rescission of the Town’s Alcohol Beverage Policy acknowledging that ample vetting and oversight
is provided through the State of California’s Alcohol Beverage Control (4/3/18, Town Council
Meeting, Item 8)
• Resolution for a limited time suspending the Conditional Use Permit requirement for Formula
Retailers in Downtown (6/5/18, Town Council Meeting, Item 18)
• Resolution for a limited time allowing restaurants to modify their Conditional Use Permits at the
Development Review Committee level significantly reducing the time and cost related to a CUP
modification (6/19/18, Town Council Meeting, Item 19)
• Elimination of parking time limits in public parking lots Downtown on Saturdays (11/6/18, Town
Council Meeting, Item 8)
• Approval for a one-way street pilot on N. Santa Cruz Avenue for the Summer and Fall of 2019,
offering more on street parking and greater opportunities for parklets and bike and pedestrian
traffic (1/15/19, Town Council Meeting, Item 5)
• Approval of a pilot program to allow parklets, also known as sidewalk cafes, on Main Street
and N. Santa Cruz Avenue (2/5/19, Town Council Meeting, Item 11)
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