REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN24-00609) for the Construction of a 799 Square-Foot First Floor Addition to an Existing 1,274 Square Foot Four-Bedroom, Two-Bathroom Single-Family Residence to Create a 2,547 Square Foot Five Bedroom, Three and a Half Bathroom Single-Family Residence on a 7,463 Square-Foot Lot.
Report
File No.: PLN24-00609
Location: 2485 Alvarado Drive, a 7,463 square foot lot located on the north side of Alvarado Drive, approximately 745 feet west of San Tomas Expressway APN: 224-37-026
Zoned: Single-Family Residential (R1-6L)
Applicant: Francis Kun
Owner: Kawser Jamal & Tasrina Zaman
Request: An Architectural Review for the construction of a 799 square foot one story addition in an existing 1,274 square foot four-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family residence to create a 2,547 five bedroom, three and a half bathroom single-family residence.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The 7,463 square foot lot ("project site") is developed with a residence built in 1968. See the attached vicinity map (Attachment 1) for location of the property.
* The project site is surrounded by one-story single-family tract structures designed in similarly with low gable roofs and a 'Dutch inspired architectural feature' in the front elevation.
* The existing residence is not a potential historical structure as it doesn't meet all the Historical Resource designation criteria that is specified in Santa Clara Municipal Code 18.130.040(A).
* The proposal includes the construction of a new fifth bedroom. Per the Santa Clara City Code 18.120.020(D)(1), this request requires an Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing.
* The proposal will be built in a modern tract development architectural design with minimal architectural features and stucco walls. The "previous Dutch inspired architectural feature" ...
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