REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN25-00512) for the addition of 533 square feet to the existing one-story 1,487 Square-Foot One-Story Single-Family Home Resulting in a 2,020 Square Foot One-Story Residence located at 2179 Monterey Avenue. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15301(e)(1) (Class 1 -- Existing Facilities).
Report
File No.: PLN25-00512
Location: 2179 Monterey Avenue: southeast from the intersection of Calabazas Boulevard and Santa Maria Avenue, on the west side of Monterey Avenue: R1-6L Single Family Residential: APN 220-23-094
Applicant: Ramin Zohoor
Owner(s): Vladimir Katardjiev
Request: Architectural Review for converting 400 square feet of existing living area back to garage space and for the addition of 533 square feet to the existing 1,487-square-foot one-story residence, resulting in a 2,020-square-foot one-story residence.
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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 both one- and two-story residences. See Vicinity Map in Attachment 1.
* The site is currently developed with a 1,487 square-foot, one-story single-family residence constructed in 1955.
* Per the Santa Clara City Code 18.120(D)(7), the request requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing due to the demolition of fifty percent of the existing residence.
* The project proposes converting 400 square feet of existing living area of former garage space back to a garage and for the addition of 533 square feet to the existing 1,487-square-foot one-story residence. The design of the proposed addition includes brick wainscotting, stucco cladding, a shingle roof, and new garage door oriented towards the street.
* To comply with the City's Single-Family and Duplex Residential Design Guidelines (2014) a condition was added for the addition of a front ...
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