REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Adoption of Ordinance No. 2011 Amending Chapter 18.76 ("Architectural Review") of Title 18 ("Zoning") of "The Code of the City of Santa Clara, California" and Making Other Clarifying Changes
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Report
BACKGROUND
At the January 28, 2020 Council meeting, proposed Ordinance No. 2011 was introduced and passed for the purpose of publication. Pursuant to City Charter Sections 808 and 812, a summary of proposed Ordinance No. 2011 was published by The Weekly on February 5, 2020, and copies were posted in three public places.
This is the second time Ordinance No. 2011 has come before the Council for adoption. The Council previously considered adoption of the ordinance at the January 14, 2020 meeting, but at that time the Council voted to continue the matter to add two types of projects to the list of developments that would have to undergo a public hearing before approval. Because this was a substantive change to the ordinance, it was necessary to re-introduce the ordinance at the meeting on January 28, 2020.
The Ordinance now comes to Council for final adoption.
DISCUSSION
Under proposed Ordinance No. 2011, most architectural review would occur at staff level, with a subset of approvals requiring a public hearing before the Director of Community Development, including multifamily developments, large-scale non-residential development, and properties on the Historic Resources Inventory (HRI). As originally proposed, the following type of single-family homes would also require a public hearing:
* Five or more bedrooms;
* Five or more bathrooms; or
* Two or more bedrooms with direct exterior access
At the January 14, 2020 Council meeting, resident Bob O'Keefe requested that the Council expand this list to include two other types of single-family development projects that currently undergo public hearings:
* second-story additions; ...
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