Staff Report
PREPARED BY: SEAN MULLIN, AICP
Associate Planner
Reviewed by: 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: 04/03/2018
ITEM NO: 04
DATE: MARCH 27, 2017
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: ANNEXATION APPLICATION AN18-001. PROJECT LOCATION: 15933 LINDA
AVENUE. PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: SARA SEYEDIN.
ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO SET A DATE FOR CONSIDERATION OF A
REORGANIZATION OF AN UNINHABITED AREA DESIGNATED AS LINDA
AVENUE NO. 5, APPROXIMATELY 0.21 ACRES ON PROPERTY PRE-ZONED R-
1:8. APN 523-25-023.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a resolution (Attachment 2) to set a date for consideration of a reorganization of an
uninhabited area designated as Linda Avenue No. 5, approximately 0.21 acres, located at 15933
Linda Avenue (APN 523-25-023).
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 a proposal to demolish an existing single-family residence and construct a new
single-family residence on the property. The total annexation area (0.21 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
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BACKGROUND (Continued):
and all property owners have consented to the annexation. This first meeting and resolution
sets the date for the consideration of the annexation and the protest proceeding.
DISCUSSION:
The Town has received a petition requesting annexation to the Town of Los Gatos from Sara
Seyedin, owner of the property at 15933 Linda Avenue. The property is located on the west
side of Linda Avenue 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. The property owner has submitted an Architecture and Site application (A&S) to the
Town proposing the demolition of the existing single-family residence and construction of a
new single-family residence with a detached garage, which is currently being processed . Santa
Clara County Planning and the County Library Service Area have been notified in writ ing of the
annexation request. This agenda item, if approved, would set the date for consideration of the
annexation application for April 17, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Once the annexation is certified by the State Board of Equalization, the Town will receive 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. Location Map
2. Resolution (includes Exhibits A and B)
Distribution:
Sara Seyedin, 17110 Scott Drive, Los Gatos, CA 95030