REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN24-00372) for the Conversion of an Existing Attached Garage to a 785 Square Foot Two Story Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) and a 135 Square Foot Addition to the Primary Dwelling on a 6,098 Square Foot Lot at 577 Hubbard Avenue.
Report
File No.: PLN24-00372
Location: 577 Hubbard Avenue, a 6,098 square foot lot located on the east side of Hubbard Avenue, approximately 225 feet south of Pruneridge Avenue; APN: 316-12-069; Zoned Single-Family Residential (R1-6L)
Applicant: Kurt Huang
Owner: Ann Fu
Request: Architectural Review for the conversion of an existing attached garage to a two story 785 square foot Accessory Dwelling Unit ADU) and a 135 square foot addition to the primary dwelling.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The proposed project is in a residential tract consisting of predominately one-story single-family ranch style residences. See the vicinity map in Attachment 4.
* The site includes an existing 1,472 square-foot one-story, three-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family residence with 465 square feet attached storage room.
* The existing single-family residence has a non-conforming condition for parking as the two-car garage was converted into a storage room without permits sometime during the 60's. There is a permitted attached carport approximately 440 square feet on site (File No. BLD1966-31695).
* The proposal requests the conversion of the unpermitted storage room into a two-story ADU. Per Santa Clara Municipal Code 18.60.020(B)(4)(a), illegal conditions unrelated to the construction of the ADU do not have to be corrected as a prerequisite to the construction of the ADU.
* The proposed project will result in a 1,607 square foot, single-story residence with three-bedrooms and two bathrooms and an attached two-story 785 square foot ADU with two bedrooms and one and half b...
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