REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on the Architectural Review (PLN25-00194) for a 1,000 Square Foot Two-Story Attached Accessory Dwelling Unit Addition and a 557 Square Foot First Floor Addition to an Existing One-Story Single-Family Residence Located at 1995 Stafford Street. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332 - Infill.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00194
Location: 1995 Stafford Street, a 9,000 square-foot lot located on the corner of Scott Boulevard and Stafford Street; APN: 269-08-054.
Applicant: Jeff Guinta, Guinta Designs
Owner(s): Steven Geraci
Request: Architectural Review for the 1,000 square-foot two story attached accessory dwelling unit and a 557 square-foot first floor addition to an existing one-story single-family residence, located at 1995 Stafford Street.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The proposed project is in a residential tract consists primarily of single-story and two-story single-family residences. See Vicinity Map in Attachment 1.
* The site currently consists of a 1,673 square-foot with 556 square-foot garage, one-story, four-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family residence built in 1949.
* Per the Santa Clara City Code 18.60.020.A.2.a, the proposed two-story Accessory Dwelling Unit ("ADU") cannot be approved ministerially as it does not match the height of the existing one-story residence, which requires Architectural Review approval at the Development Review Hearing (DRH).
* The proposed project involves interior and exterior alterations, and new construction of an attached 1,000 square-foot two-story ADU with a 21 square-foot porch and 557 square-foot first floor addition for the main residence.
* The project is consistent with the City's Single-Family and Duplex Residential Design Guidelines (2014) in that:
o Building height and bulk is appropriate relative to the neighborhood.
o The architectural feature...
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