REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on an Architectural Review (PLN25-00538) for a 228 Square Foot First Floor Addition and a 331 Square Foot Second Story Addition to an Existing One-Story Residence with a 456 Square Foot Attached Garage on a 6,720 Square Foot Lot at 3734 Pruneridge Avenue. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00538
Location: 3734 Pruneridge Avenue
Applicant: Tripp Custom Builders
Owner(s): David Teck Wee Hii & Kwang Miin Lew
Request: Architectural Review for a 264 square foot first floor addition and a 331 square foot second story addition to an existing one-story residence resulting in a 2,151 square foot two-story residence with a 456 square foot attached garage.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The proposed project is in a residential tract that consists of predominately single-story residences built in the tract style architectural style popular in the 1950s as shown in the Vicinity Map on Attachment 1.
* The site consists of a single-story tract style four-bedroom, three-bathroom residence built in 1956.
* There are no significant historical features in the existing residence other than the structure's age therefore 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 add a second story element to a single-family residences requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing ("DRH").
* The proposed addition results in a 2,151 square foot five-bedroom, four-bathroom two-story residence with an attached garage.
* The applicant proposes to integrate the addition with the existing architectural design of the residence incorporating a low pitch roof on the second story and maintaining a matching plate height between the floors.
* The proposed construction materials will in...
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