REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on Architectural Review (PLN26-00260) of a 389 Square-Foot First Floor Addition and a 476 Square-Foot Second Floor Addition to an Existing Single-Family Residence on an Existing 8,408 Square-Foot Lot at 2895 Stevenson Street. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects).
Report
File No.: PLN26-00260
Location: 2895 Stevenson Street
Applicant: Luis Ascencio
Owner(s): Anitha Narasimha Murthy & Karthik Kumara
Request: Architectural Review for a 389-square-foot first-floor addition and a 476-square-foot second-floor addition to an existing single-family residence.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
The proposed project is in a predominantly single-family residential subdivision with one and two-story residences as shown in the Vicinity Map on Attachment 1.
The site consists of a two-story, three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom tract-style residence built in 1960.
There are no significant historical features in the existing residence other than the structure’s age; therefore, it 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 expand an existing second in an existing single-family residence requires Architectural Review approval through a Development Review Hearing (“DRH”).
The proposal will result in a 2,993 square-foot four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom residence with an attached garage.
The existing first floor of the house is constructed with a non-conforming front setback of 15’-7”. The existing second floor, however, has an approximately 29-foot front setback, consistent with the Zoning Code requirements.
Proposed first and second floor additions are located to the rear of the existing residence. The proposed second story addition provides a three-foot side and a five-and-a-h...
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