REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN24-00637) for the Construction of a 425 Square-Foot First Floor Addition and a 1,250 Square-Foot Second Floor Addition, Resulting in a 3,151 Square-Foot Four Bedroom and Three and a Half Bathroom Two-Story Single-Family Residence on a 5,508 Square-Foot Lot at 2121 Nobili Avenue.
Report
File No.: PLN24-00637
Location: 2121 Nobili Avenue, a 5,508 square foot lot located east of Nobili Avenue, approximately 2,112 feet south of Monroe Avenue.
APN: 220-13-008
Zoned: Single-Family Residential (R1-6L)
Applicant: Vidya Ravi
Owner: Ravi Ramaanujan
Request: Architectural Review for the construction of a 425 square-foot first floor addition and 1,250 square-foot second floor addition, resulting in a 3,1511 square-foot four bedroom and three-and-a-half-bathroom two-story single-family residence.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The 5,508 square-foot lot ("project site") is developed with a residence built in 1956. See the attached vicinity map (Attachment 1) for a visual context of the project site.
* The project site is surrounded predominately by one story single-family residences with the exception of the two-story residences at 3445 Bonita Avenue & 2131 Nobili Avenue. The single-family residences are all part of the same subdivision development and an example of post-war tract home architecture as they were built with efficiency in mind. The homes have low-pitched roofs and few visible architectural features.
* The architecture of the site varies from the rest of the subdivision as the structure has wood siding, a gable roof, and a bay window. The only other property in this subdivision that shares these features is 2144 Nobili Avenue.
* The existing structure is not a potential historical structure as it doesn't meet the Historical Resource designation criteria under Santa Clara City Code ...
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