Item 4 - Exhibit 09 - Applicant's Response to Consulting Architect's Report, dated December 4, 20191 of 1
Response to Consulting Architect
Canon Design Group Letter dated 8/19/19
Date: December 4, 2019
Project Applicant: Josephine Chang
Project Address: 16940 Roberts Rd., Los Gatos
Responses to Comments:
1.I removed all non-driveway related concrete paving from Unit 1, 2, & 3’s private yards. I
replaced with 200sf decomposed granite patios and plants.
2.The units’ fenced in yards (private open space) is labelled on A0-Site Plan and L1-Landscape
Plan, and highlighted on pg. 2 of the Written Description of Proposed Project.
3.I broke up Lot 2’s long elevation by reconfiguring the 2nd floor to lower bedroom 3’s floor above
the garage to create a double gable above the garage thereby shortening the portion of the roof
where the front dormer is located.
4.I added brick chimneys to units 1 and 2. Unit 3 never had and does not have a chimney, which is
why one was not added. If you look at the Consulting Architect’s unit specific comments, you
will see that he does not highlight the chimney for unit 3. Unit 3 has a fireplace, but it does not
protrude beyond the building footprint like units 1 and 2.
5.I addressed this by reducing the occurrence of 2 story walls by redesigning all 3 units’ second
floors. The minimal locations where there are 2 story walls, I added windows centered on the
gables.
6.I added a 3” radius to the exposed rafters and barge rafters on all 3 units. I added brick
chimneys to units 1 and 2. I added brick walkways, brick surfaces to the covered porches, and
brick lined concrete driveways to all 3 units. All brick to be color: Sacramento Rustic (McNear
Manufacturer).
7.I showed the furred-out wall areas on the Second Floor Plans (A3) resulting from the second
floor being tucked under the steep roof pitches. These spaces are inaccessible, uninhabitable,
and have an average height clearance of less than 4ft.
8.I provide 2 x 6 wood trim around all windows. I prefer not to have window sills as they no longer
serve a functional purpose and they collect dust.
9.I addressed the awkward side gable forms on Unit 1 and 3 by making the roof slopes identical on
either side of the roof peak and subsequently reconfigured the floor plans. This comment does
not apply to Unit 2 because it already had identical roof slopes on either sides of its gables.
10.All Units have exposed 2x10 rafter tails on all sides.
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