City of Santa Clara  
Meeting Agenda  
Development Review Hearing  
Wednesday, November 19, 2025  
4:00 PM  
Hybrid Meeting  
City Hall Council  
Chambers/Virtual  
1500 Warburton Avenue  
Santa Clara, CA 95050  
The City of Santa Clara is conducting the Development Review Hearing meeting in a hybrid  
manner (in-person and method for the public to participate remotely)  
o Via Zoom:  
o https://santaclaraca.zoom.us/j/92950218717  
Meeting ID: 929 5021 8717  
o Phone: 1 (669) 900-6833  
How to Submit Written Public Comment Before Development Review Hearing Meeting:  
By email to PlanningPublicComment@santaclaraca.gov by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting.  
Those emails will be forwarded to Staff and will be uploaded to the Development Review  
Agenda as supplemental meeting material. Emails received after 12:00 P.M. cutoff time up  
through the end of the meeting will form part of the meeting record. Please identify the Agenda  
Item Number in the subject line of your email.  
Note: Emails received as public comment will not be read aloud during the meeting.  
Agendas, Staff Reports and some associated documents for Development Review Hearing  
items may be viewed on the Internet at https://santaclara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx  
All public records relating to an open session item on this agenda, which are not exempt from  
disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, that are distributed to a majority of  
the legislative body will be available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk at  
Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 at the same time that  
the public records are distributed or made available to the legislative body.  
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
25-1639 Declaration of Procedures  
REQUEST FOR EXCEPTIONS, WITHDRAWALS AND CONTINUANCES  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
1.  
25-1616  
Development Review Hearing Meeting Minutes of October 15,  
2025  
Recommendation:  
Approve the Development Review Hearing Meeting  
Minutes of the October 15, 2025, Meeting.  
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS  
[This item is reserved for persons to address the body on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject  
matter jurisdiction of the body. The law does not permit action on, or extended discussion of, any item not on the  
agenda except under special circumstances. The governing body, or staff, may briefly respond to statements made  
or questions posed, and appropriate body may request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting.]  
GENERAL BUSINESS  
2.  
25-958  
Public Hearing: Determination of Consistency with the Adopted  
Mitigated Negative Declaration and Action on the Architectural  
Review (File # PLN24-00474) to Allow the Development of 142  
Residential  
Units  
and  
Associated  
On-  
and  
Off-Site  
Improvements for the Property Located at 1400 Coleman  
Avenue. CEQA Status: Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration.  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be consistent with the adopted  
Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and  
Approve the Architectural Review to allow the  
development of 142 residential units and associated  
on-and off-site improvements for the property located at  
1400 Coleman Avenue, subject to the findings and  
conditions of approval.  
3.  
25-1101  
Public  
Hearing:  
Action  
on  
an  
Architectural  
Review  
(PLN25-00227) for a 959 Square Foot Second Story Accessory  
Dwelling Unit Addition to an Existing One-Story Single-Family  
Residence on a 5,724 Square Foot Lot at 749 Clara Vista  
Avenue. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332.  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be exempt from the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) formal  
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (Class  
32 -- Infill Development Projects), and Approve the  
Architectural Review for the construction of a 939  
square foot second floor addition to create a 939  
square foot second story Accessory Dwelling Unit in  
an existing one-story single-family residence on a  
5,724 square foot lot at 749 Clara Vista Avenue,  
subject to findings and conditions of approval.  
4.  
25-1564  
Public  
Hearing:  
Action  
on  
the  
Architectural  
Review  
(PLN25-00355) for an 800 Square Foot Two Story Accessory  
Dwelling Unit to an Existing 2,069 Square Foot One-Story  
Residence located at 4939 Avenida De Los Arboles. CEQA  
Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15303 (Class 3 -- New  
Construction or Conversion of Small Structures).  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be categorically exempt  
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
formal pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303  
(Class 3 - New Construction or Conversion of Small  
Structures), and Approve the Architectural Review for  
an 800-square-foot, two-story attached accessory  
dwelling unit (ADU), including a 105-square-foot  
second-story rear balcony, proposed at the rear of an  
existing 2,069-square-foot one-story residence.  
5.  
25-1572  
Public  
(PLN25-00267) for the Demolition of an Existing Residential  
Building to Construct 2,282 Square Foot Four-Bedroom,  
Hearing:  
Action  
on  
an  
Architectural  
Review  
a
Three-Bathroom Two-Story Single-Family Residence with a 400  
Square Foot Attached Garage on a 5,012 Square Foot Lot at  
3037 Harding Avenue. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per  
Section 15332.  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be exempt from the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) formal  
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (Class  
32 -- Infill Development Projects), and Approve the  
Architectural Review for the demolition of an existing  
residential building to construct a 2,282 square foot  
four-bedroom, three-bathroom two-story single-family  
residence with a 400 square foot attached garage on  
a
5,012 square foot lot at 3037 Harding Avenue,  
subject to findings and conditions of approval.  
6.  
25-1589  
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.  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be exempt from the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) formal  
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (Class  
32 -- Infill Development Projects), and Approve the  
Architectural Review for the construction of 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, subject to findings and  
conditions of approval.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The next regular scheduled meeting is on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 4 p.m. in the Council Chambers and  
via Zoo.  
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