REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on Architectural Review (PLN26-00149) of a 217 Square-Foot First-Floor Addition and the Construction of a 943 Square-Foot Two-Story Attached Accessory Dwelling Unit to an Existing Single-Story Residence on an 8,022 Square-Foot Lot at 1423 Maryann Drive. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332 (Infill Development Projects).
Report
File No.: PLN26-00149
Location: 1423 Maryann Drive
Applicant: Amarendranath Deshini
Owner(s): Pramod Gupta & Naina Gupta
Request: Architectural Review of a 217 square-foot first-floor addition and the construction of a 943 square-foot two-story attached accessory dwelling unit
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
The proposed project is in a predominantly single-story single-family residential tract built in the ranch-style architectural style as shown in the Vicinity Map on Attachment 1.
The site consists of a single-story four-bedroom, three-bathroom ranch-style residence built in 1960.
There are no significant historical features in the existing residence other than the structure’s age; therefore, it is not eligible to be designated a Historical Resource under Santa Clara City Code (“SCCC”) 18.130.030.
Per SCCC 18.120.020.D.1, the request to build a new second-story element in an existing single-story residence requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing (“DRH”).
The proposal will result in a 3,032-square-foot four-bedroom, three-bathroom single-family residence with a 943-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom two-story attached accessory dwelling unit.
The proposed attached accessory dwelling unit does not meet the development standards under SCCC 18.60.020.A to be approved ministerially, but meets the development standards under SCCC 18.60.020.C.
The proposed second-story addition exceeds the required second-story left-side and rear setbacks to...
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