Item 02 - 100 Clifton Ave - Desk Item & Exhibits 6-7TOWN OF LOS GATOS ITEM NO: 2
DESK ITEM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: September 23,2015
PREPARED BY:
APPLICATION NO:
LOCATION:
APPLICANT /PROPERTY
OWNER:
CONTACT PERSON:
Mami F. Moseley, Associate Planner
mmo sel ey@ lo s gatosca.go v
Conditional Use Permit Application U-15-01 0
100 Clifton A venue (located at the very end of Clifton A venue)
Marc and Caroline Philippe
Marc and Caro line Philippe
APPLICATION SUMMARY: Requesting approval to install a vi neyard greater than 3,000
square feet on property zoned HR-5. APN 510-4 7-025.
DEEMED COMPLETE : August 26,20 15
FINAL DATE TO TAKE ACTION: February 26 ,2016
EXHIBITS: 1-5. Previously recei ved with September 23 , 20 15 Staff Report
6. Emai l received from neighbor (one page)
7. Email received from applicant (one page)
REMARKS:
The attached letter (Exhibit 6) was received after the staff report was finalized. Staff provided
the letter to the applicant and while they have been unable to connect with the neighbor on this
matter, the applicant provided responses to s taff by emai l (Exhibit 7).
The section of road at the rear ofMrs. Kurtz 's property is not part of the subject property and the
applicant does not have authorization to install the barrier requested on the adjacent property
owner's property.
repared by:
Mami F. Moseley, AICP
Associate Planner
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Approved by:
Laurel R. Prevetti
Town Manager/ Community Development
Director
From: Karen Kurtz [mailto:kurtzk@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:34 PM
To: Planning
Subject: 100 Clifton Avenue
To the town planning commission members,
I am writing in regards to the proposed vineyard at 100 Clifton Av . I am not sure I
will be able to attend the meeting on Sept 23rd.
I would like to request that a ba r rier be installed on the upper part of Clifton Av.
leading up to 100 Clifton Av. to prevent any vehicles from falling off the roadway
down onto my property or the neighboring properties. It has been very
frightening to see & watch all of those large trucks & equipment the last 4 yrs.
traveling above me when I'm sitting or working in my backyard with nothing to
protect the properties below. One little slip off the side of the narrow road would
have dire consequences.
I lived below Blossom Hill Rd at one time before a barrier was installed to protect
our properties below. It took 3 accidents to happen & a life almost lost on night
before anything was done to protect our properties. I know that was a county
road but I hope you will understand the importance of this before an accident
happens . I know it will not be attractive to look at but we are talking about
valuable lives & properties . Please give this serious consideration to be done
immediately with or without any more construction vehicles who might use the
street again. Even regular traffic can easily go over the roadway, especially after
a drink or two .
Anyone is welcomed to contact me to view the situation from my backyard.
Thank you for your consideration,
KC1VeV'v Kuvtz
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From: Caroline Philippe <cp 17274@gmail.com >
Date: September 22,2015 at 6:18:53 PM PDT
To: Mami Moseley <M Mo se ley@ lo s gatosca.gov>
Cc: "jeannestewati@ comcast.net" <jeannestewart@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: FW: 100 Clifton Avenue
Hi Mami ,
Thank you for forwarding u s Mrs. Karen Kurz's comment, for recognizing that it did not relate t o
our application of Conditional Use Pennit for o ur vineyard and for working on an appropriate
response.
We would like to thank Mrs . Kurz for expressing her concerns. We have not had the opportunity
to talk to her yet but we were able to talk to Mrs . Jeanne Stewart, who owns the road and whom I
am copying on this email.
We are done with our construction so there should no longer be any heavy truck going up and
down the road any more.
It took u s 2 years to rebuild this road abiding b y the Fire, Civil, Structural , Geotechnical and
Town of Los Gatos requirements as you can see in our completed construction file. Everything
we did has the required permit.
We would like to point out that we have added a curb along the side of the road by the hillside
that did not exist before all the way to the first set of gates on Clifton A venue that would prevent
any vehicle from going over the road.
Regard s,
Caroline and Marc Philippe
EXHIBIT 7
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