Item 2 - Exhibit 15 - Applicant’s response to a public comment regarding project’s compliance with parking requirements in Specific PlanVIA E-MAIL
Jocelyn Shoopman
Associate Planner
Town of Los Gatos
110 E. Main Street
Los Gatos, CA 95030
September 21, 2020
Re: Response to Letter Submitted by Barbra Dodson, dated September 16, 2020
Dear Ms. Shoopman:
We have reviewed the comment letter prepared by Barbra Dodson on September 16, 2020. It
contains many of the same comments and questions that were included in her letter dated
September 3, 2020. We provided a response to that letter on September 17 , 2020. The more
recent letter examines Sheet A.11 in the plans. As mentioned in our previous response, Sheet
A.11 in our plan set was intended to show only the changes proposed to Market Hall by the
proposed amendment to the approved A&S. The table on Sheet A.11 was based on what was
shown on Sheet 3.22 of the approved A&S plans. The required parking shown on Sheet 3.22
reflected the parking that would be required based on a mix of uses that could be allowed by
the specific plan and the code requirements in place at that time.
In order to clarify what the required parking is based on the current Town Code, we have
prepared Exhibit A attached to this letter. This table takes the square footage proposed for
Market Hall and combines it with the Gross Square Footage identified on Sheet 3.22 of the
approved A&S for the remainder of the Transition District. The result of this analysis shows that
the Transition District would be required to provide 273 parking spaces and is currently
estimated to provide 319 spaces. This is a surplus of 46 parking spaces.
We have attached Exhibit A for your reference.
EXHIBIT 15
Please let us know if you have any question.
Very Truly Yours,
SummerHill Homes
Michael Keaney
CC: Joel Paulson
Commercial SF
Commercial Transition District Square Footage Affordable 1-Bedroom 2-Bedroom
Gross Commercial
Required Parking
1:300
Gross Community
Room
Square Footage
1:590
Affordable
Residential
Required Parking
0.5 per unit +
0.5 per unit
(guest)
1-Bedroom
Required Parking
1 per Unit +
0.5 per unit (guest)
1-Bedroom
Required
Parking
1 per Unit +
0.5 per unit
(guest) Subtotal
Proposed Parking
Provided
Market Hall
Gross Commercial SF 20,760 69 69
Gross Community Room SF 2,772 5 5
Affordable Residential 50 50 50
Subtotal 124 176
Building A1
Gross Commercial SF 11,438 38 38
1 Bedroom Residential 6 9 9
2 Bedroom Residential 4 10 10
Subtotal 57
Building A2
Gross Commercial SF 11,198 37 37
Building B2
Gross Commercial SF 5,745 19 19
Building C1
Gross Commercial SF 10,644 35 35
Subtotal: Building A1, A2, B2, C1 39,025 130 149 143
Transition District Total 62,557 50 6 4 199 5 50 9 10 273 319
Surplus 46
Square Footage Based on approved Building Permit and Minor Revisions Estimated with the Elimination of the Basement
Gross Commercial Square Footage Based on Column 18 on Sheet 3.22 of A&S Approved Plans
Unit Count Based on Column 1 on Sheet 3.22 of A&S Approved Plans
Notes:
Prepared By: Michael Keaney, SummerHill Homes
Date: September 14, 2020
1. The total in the Gross Commercial Required Parking column has one more parking space than required when adding up the column because when the decimals are aggregated and rounded off, it
results in one more parking space being required than there would be if each parcel is considered separately.
Transition District Parking Summary
Residential Units Required Parking
Exhibit A
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