Item 2.Desk Item with Exhibit 15 - 17291 WedgewoodPREPARED BY: SEAN MULLIN, AICP
Senior Planner
Reviewed by: Planning Manager and Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6872
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 08/24/2022
ITEM NO: 2
DESK ITEM
DATE: August 24, 2022
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Consider an Appeal of the Development Review Committee Decision to
Approve a Request for Construction of a New Single -Family Residence and
Site Improvements Requiring a Grading Permit on Property Zoned R-1:8.
Located at 17291 Wedgewood Avenue. APN 409-14-013. Architecture and
Site Application S-21-027. PROPERTY OWNER: Young Kim. APPLICANT: Edick
Lazari. APPELLANT: Douglas Scott Maynard. PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin.
REMARKS:
Exhibit 15 includes public comment received between 11:01 a.m., August 23, 2022, and 11:00
a.m., August 24, 2022.
EXHIBITS:
Previously received with the August 24, 2022 Staff Report:
1.Location Map
2.Required Findings and Considerations
3.Recommended Conditions of Approval
4.Development Review Committee Meeting Minutes for July 12, 2022
5.Development Review Committee Action Letter, July 12, 2022
6.Appeal of the Historic Preservation Committee, received July 22, 2022
7.Property owner’s response to the appeal, received August 4, 2022
8.Project Description
9.Letter of Justification
10.Consulting Architect Report
11.Consulting Arborist Report
12.Neighbor outreach
13.Neighborhood Exhibit
14.Development Plans
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SUBJECT: 17291 Wedgewood Avenue
DATE: August 24, 2022
Received with this Desk Item Report:
15. Public Comment received between 11:01 a.m., August 23, 2022 and 11:00 a.m., August 24,
2022
From: peastalker@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 10:52 PM
To: Planning Comment <PlanningComment@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: 17291 Wedgewood Av - Public comment
EXTERNAL SENDER
Good morning
Hello,
Please find attached comments for the public hearing on 8/24/2022. Am not sure how many comments I
can make, so will list them in order of asking if only one is allowed. Thank you.
1) There is a modest size septic tank on the neighboring property at 14341 Browns Lane. The previous
owners had it pumped annually due to a past back flow issue (stinky indeed). Does anyone know if the
leach field could cross into the property boundary of 17291 Wedgwood? Just a concern with building on
top of or that when digging and during excavation the septic field lines could be tore up or damaged.
Thank you.
2)On 9-9-2021 The towns CTA suggested that the Town Planning Staff prepare a planning condition of
approval (COA) that prohibits all contractor site work from using Browns Lane, and requires that all site
plan construction-related work use only the Wedgewood access point for ingress, egress, staging,
storage, and work. Upon review of the Amended Draft COA dated 6-12-2022 I noticed this very
important condition was hard to find and I don't think I ever really found it, but then again I am no town
planner :) My concerns are in regard to safety and major inconvenience. The size of the project is big
and does not leave much space for delivery of materials starting early as 8:00 am. About the same time
that children living on Browns lane leave for school and others for work. If a construction delivery, the
excavator or septic truck by chance does park on Browns and are in “the middle” of their task then
everyone will have to wait until completed or ability to move vehicle. The major inconvenience. Escape
routes blocked in or out for first responders and fire. The safety concern. Thank you.
Best Regards ~ Jacqueline Theriault
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