Staff Report
PREPARED BY: AZHAR KHAN
Assistant Planner
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, Community Development
Department Director, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 03/20/2018
ITEM NO: 4
DATE: FEBRUARY 20, 2018
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: ANNEXATION APPLICATION AN17-007. PROJECT LOCATION: 16466 HILOW
ROAD. PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: MELANIE GRISWOLD DEMERTZIS.
ADOPT A RESOLUTION MAKING DETERMINATIONS AND APPROVING THE
REORGANIZATION OF AN UNINHABITED AREA DESIGNATED AS HILOW
ROAD NO. 9, APPROXIMATELY 0.27 ACRES ON PROPERTY PRE-ZONED
R-1:8. APN 532-04-074.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a resolution (Attachment 1) making determinations and approving the reorganization of
territory designated as Hilow Road No. 9, approximately 0.27 acres, located at 16466 Hilow
Road (APN 532-04-074).
BACKGROUND:
The Town has an agreement with Santa Clara County that requires annexation of any property
located within the Town's Urban Service Area boundary that is either contiguous to a Town
boundary or within 300 feet of a Town maintained roadway if a use is proposed to intensify.
The subject property is contiguous to a Town boundary. Annexation has been requested in
conjunction with an Architecture and Site Application for the construction of a new single -
family residence on the subject property. The total annexation area (0.27 acres) includes no
County street right-of-way.
Section 56757 of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
gives cities in Santa Clara County the authority to annex territory without application to and
hearing by the Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). The Town is
required to hold a protest proceeding even if the area proposed for annexation is uninhabited
(less than twelve registered voters) and all property owners have consented to the annexation.
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SUBJECT: HILOW ROAD NO. 9/AN17-007
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BACKGROUND (Continued):
This annexation was introduced at the March 6, 2018 Town Council meeting and the protest
proceedings are set for March 20, 2018.
DISCUSSION:
The Town has received a petition requesting annexation to the Town of Los Gatos from Melanie
Griswold Demertzis, owner of the property at 16466 Hilow Road (Attachment 2), in order to
construct a new single-family residence on the property. The property is located on the east
side of Hilow Road in an unincorporated County pocket.
The property is in the Town's Urban Service Area, is contiguous to the Town boundary, and is
pre-zoned R-1:8 (Single-Family Residential, 8,000 square foot minimum lot size). Annexation
would allow Town services to be extended to the property and reduce an existing County
pocket.
Because this is a 100 percent consent, uninhabited annexation (less than twelve registered
voters), a public hearing is not required. Required notice of the annexation was provided to
Santa Clara County Planning and the County Library Service Area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Once the annexation is certified by the State Board of Equalization, the Town will receive
approximately 9.6 percent of the property taxes.
COORDINATION:
The preparation of this report was coordinated with the Santa Clara County Library District,
LAFCO, County of Santa Clara County Assessor, County of Santa Clara County Surveyor, and the
Santa Clara County Planning Division.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
This is a project as defined under CEQA, and is Categorically Exempt under Section 15061(b)(3).
A Notice of Exemption will not be filed.
Attachments:
1. Resolution (includes Exhibits A and B)
2. Location Map
Distribution:
Melanie and Jimmy Demertzis, 16466 Hilow Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032