REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN25-00265) for a 349 Square Foot First Floor Addition and a 1,427 Square Foot Second Floor Addition to the Existing 2,240 Square Foot One-Story Residence, resulting in a 4,004 Square-Foot Residence with Seven Bedrooms, Four and a Half Bathrooms at 3109 Alexander Avenue.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00265
Location: 3109 Alexander Avenue a 6,510 square foot property located on the north side of Alexander Avenue
Applicant: Daniela Sanabria
Owner(s): David Joseph and Anna Segrera Trustee
Request: Architectural Review for a 349 square foot front addition to the existing one-story residence, a new 28 square-foot front entry porch and a 1,427 square foot second floor addition to the existing one-story residence resulting in seven bedrooms.
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 2,240 square foot one-story single-family residence built in 1961.
* Per the Santa Clara City Code 18.120(D)(1d), the request to construct a two-story residence requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing.
* The project proposes a 349 square-foot first floor and new 1,427 square -foot second floor to the existing 2,240 square foot single-family resulting in a seven-bedroom and four-and-half bathroom two-story residence, with a 480 square foot two-car garage. The new residence is designed as contemporary two-story home with stucco cladding and shingle hip-style roof.
* The proposed project complies with the City's Single-Family and Duplex Residential Design Guidelines (2014). Specifically, the project is consistent with the guidelines, in that:
o The front of the house is oriented toward the primary street frontage with a...
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