REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN24-00608) for the Construction of a 668 Square-Foot Second Floor Addition, Resulting in a 2,716 Square-Foot Four Bedroom and Two and a Half Bathroom Two-Story Single-Family Residence on a 5,200 Square-Foot Lot at 1272 Blackfield Drive.
Report
File No.: PLN24-00608
Location: 1272 Blackfield Drive, a 5,200 square foot lot located on the west side of Blackfield Drive, approximately 1236 feet south of El Camino Real.
APN: 224-12-124
Zoned: Single-Family Residential (R1-6L)
Applicant: Sanaz Faridnia
Owner: Umesh & Beena Pudasaini
Request: Architectural Review for the construction of a 668 square-foot second floor addition, resulting in a 2,716 square-foot four bedroom, two and a half bathroom two story residence.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The 5,200 square-foot lot ("project site") is developed with a residence built in 1964. See the attached vicinity map (Attachment 1) for a visual context of the project site.
* The project site is surrounded by predominately one-story single-family residences with a few two-story structures. The residences are all part of the same subdivision development and are examples of ranch-style home architecture as they were built with efficiency and simplicity in mind. The homes have low-pitched roofs, low profiles, an l-shaped floor plan and few visible architectural features.
* The existing structure is not a potential historical structure as it doesn't meet the Historical Resource designation criteria under Santa Clara City Code 18.130.040(A).
* The applicant proposes a new second story addition and therefore, under Santa Clara City Code 18.120.020(D)(1), requires an Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing.
* The applicant requests a minor modification under Santa Clara City Code 18.124 to reduce the second-floor side setback ...
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