08 Addendum.14225 Walker St
PREPARED BY: Jocelyn Shoopman
Associate Planner
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Community Development
Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 10/20/2020
ITEM NO: 8
ADDENDUM
DATE: October 19, 2020
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Consider an Appeal of a Planning Commission Decision Denying a Request for
a Modification to an Existing Architecture and Site Application (S-13-090) to
Remove Underground Parking for Construction of a Commercial Building
(Market Hall) in the North 40 Specific Plan Area. Located at 14225 Walker
Street. APN 424-07-114. Architecture and Site Application S-20-012.
Property Owners/Applicant/Appellant: Summerhill N40, LLC. Project Planner:
Jocelyn Shoopman.
REMARKS:
Questions received from a Council Member:
Can staff provide an analysis of the letter submitted by the Planning Commission Chair and Vice
Chair with regards to the interpretation of the Town Code as it relates to this project
(Attachment 24)?
Staff’s Response:
As noted in the report, staff’s findings concur with the letter submitted by the Planning
Commission Chair and Vice Chair. Staff does not concur with the analysis that the parking
requirements in place at the time of the Architecture and Site (S-13-090) approval on August 1,
2017, apply to the request for a modification to the original Architecture and Site application.
Since the approval of the original Architecture and Site application, Ordinance 2272 was
adopted by the Council on April 3, 2018 to amend Section 29.10.150 of the Town Code to revise
the required parking requirements for restaurants. Section 2.5.8 (a) of the North 40 Specific
Plan states that the number of off-street parking spaces required for a non-residential use shall
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SUBJECT: 14225 Walker Street/S-20-012
DATE: October 19, 2020
REMARKS (continued):
be consistent with the parking required in the downtown as required within Division 4 of the
Zoning Ordinance. Section 29.10.150 (b) (1) of Division 4 of the Zoning Ordinance requires one
parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area for retail and commercial stores,
shops, restaurants, bars, taverns, and nightclubs.