REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on Architectural Review (PLN25-00515) for a 416 Square Foot First Floor Addition and a 1,199 Square Foot Addition for an Accessory Dwelling Unit to an Existing One-Story Residence with a 492 Square Foot Detached Garage on a 6,250 Square Foot at 4383 Cheeney Street. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00515
Location: 4383 Cheeney Street
Applicant: Marten Walker
Owner(s): Madhava Reddy
Request: Architectural Review for a 416 square foot first floor addition and a 1,199 square foot addition for an accessory dwelling unit to an existing one-story residence with a 492 square foot detached residence.
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 ranch home architectural style popular in the late 1950s as shown in the Vicinity Map on Attachment 1.
* The site consists of a single-story two-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch home 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 residence requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing ("DRH").
* The proposed addition result is an 1,894 square-foot three-bedroom, two-bathroom single family residence with a 490 square-attached garage and a 1,199 square foot attached accessory dwelling on the second floor.
* The applicant proposes to integrate the proposal's design with the rest of the neighborhood by providing window trims, mass breaks, and stone wainscoting that are similar to other residences in the subdivision.
* The proposed construction mat...
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