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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
GREG LARSON, TOWN MANAGER
MEETING DATE: 11/19/12
ITEM NO:
SUBJECT: ZONING CODE AMENDMENT A -12 -002. PROJECT LOCATION: 114
ROYCE STREET PROPERTY OWNEWAPPLICANT: HALLWAY
PARTNERS LLC.
ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDING TOWN CODE SECTION 29.60.320
REGARDING PERMITTED USES IN THE C -2.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the attached ordinance (Ordinance 2210) amending Section 29.60.320 of the Town Code.
DISCUSSION
On November 5, 2012, the Council considered and voted to introduce an ordinance modifying
Section 29.60.320 of the Town Code regarding permitted uses within the C -2 zone. The
amendment is specifically to permit office and or personal service uses in the rear tenant spaces
at 114 Royce Street. Adoption of the ordinance would finalize that decision. Attachment 1 is the
final ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Ordinance 2210
Distribution:
Hallway Partners LLC, 1777 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 209, San Jose, CA 95129
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PREPARED BY: Todd Capurso, Acting Director of Community Development
Reviewed by: 4Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney Finance
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ORDINANCE 2210
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING SECTION 29.60,320 OF THE TOWN CODE
REGARDING PERMITED USES IN THE C -2 ZONE
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, this matter was introduced by the Town Council for public hearing on
November 5, 2012, and was regularly noticed in conformance with State and Town law.
WHEREAS, the applicant seeks to amend Section 29.60.320 of the Town Code
regarding permitted uses within the C -2 zone.
WHEREAS, the restrictions placed on the C -2 zoning (Los Gatos Town Code Section
29.60.320) were intended to protect prime retail locations and facilitate the flow of pedestrian
traffic within the Central Business District,
WHEREAS, Section 29.60.320 has been amended on occasion to include areas subject
to exceptions for office and personal services uses on the ground floor of certain buildings due to
their unique location or characteristics.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the request to amend Section
29.60.320 of the Town Code and recommended to the Town Council approval of the draft
Ordinance.
WHEREAS, based on the information presented at the hearing, the Planning
Commission considered that the rear suites are not viable prime retail spaces due to the limited
visibility.
WHEREAS, the amendment is consistent with the General Plan and the intent of the
Town Code restricting these uses within the C -2 zone.
ATTACH. %IENT 1
SECTION I
Town Code Chapter 29 is hereby amended to read as follows:
See. 29.60.320. - Permitted uses.
(c) Personal service businesses and office activities in the C -2 zone are subject to the following:
(1) Personal service businesses may be allowed on the ground floor in the C -2 zone with a
conditional use permit. However, personal service businesses are considered a permitted
use in the areas described in subsection (2) a-4 g below and in the remainder of the C -2
zone.
(2) Office activities in the C -2 zone shall not be located on the ground floor along any street,
alleyway, or public parking lot except in the areas described below:
a. Lyndon Avenue;
b. Properties abutting Wood Road;
c. The west side of Victory Lane:
d. The south side of Los - Gatos - Saratoga Road excluding:
That portion of the property located at the southwest corner of Los -Gatos
Saratoga Road and Santa Cruz Avenue described more precisely as located
between a straight line extended northerly along the west side right -of -way line of
Santa Cruz Avenue and one hundred forty (140) feet west of that extended line.
ii. The south side of Los Gatos - Saratoga Road between Santa Cruz Avenue and
University Avenue; and
e, The east side of South Santa Cruz Avenue directly across the street from Wood Road.
f. The north and south side of West Main Street west of Victory Lane.
g. Tenant suites located at 114 Royce Street with entries at the rear of the building
and that do not have streetfrontage.
SECTION II
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos on November 5, 2012, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town
of Los Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on November 19,
2012. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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