REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on an Architectural Review (PLN25-00295) for a 621 Square Foot First Floor Addition and a 397 Square Foot Second Floor Addition to an Existing Two-Story 2,081 Square Foot Single-Family Residence with a 500 Square Foot Attached Garage on a 7,351 Square Foot Lot at 2892 Mesquite Drive. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00295
Location: 2892 Mesquite Drive
Applicant: Fiona Wang
Owner(s): Ling Zhou
Request: Architectural Review for a 621 square foot first floor addition and a 397 square foot second floor addition to an existing two-story 2,081 square foot single-family residence with a 500 square foot attached garage on a 7,351 square foot lot.
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 single-story and two-story residences built in the ranch style architectural style popular in the 1960s as shown in the Vicinity Map on Attachment 1.
* The site consists of a two-story raised ranch style four-bedroom, two-bathroom residence built in 1955.
* There are no significant historical features in the existing residence other than the structure's age therefore 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 expand an existing second story element requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing.
* The result of the project will be a 3,164 square foot five-bedroom, five-bathroom two-story residence with a 500 square foot attached garage.
* The applicant proposes to change the architectural design of the existing residence from a raised ranch style to a contemporary eclectic architectural style with gable roofs and minimalistic massing.
* The proposed construction will consist of new stone coated metal tile roofin...
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