City of Santa Clara  
Meeting Agenda  
Development Review Hearing  
Wednesday, April 8, 2026  
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:  
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  
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  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
1.  
26-386  
Recommendation:  
Approve the Development Review Hearing Meeting  
Minutes of the March 11, 2026, 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.  
25-1731  
Recommendation:  
Consider the Addendum to the previously adopted  
Mitigated Negative Declaration and Approve the  
Architectural Review for the construction of an  
approximately 145,000 square foot industrial building  
with associated site improvements including a surface  
parking lot and landscaping located at 3000 Bowers  
Avenue, subject to the findings and conditions of  
approval.  
3.  
26-116  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be categorically exempt from  
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
formal pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15332  
- Infill and 15331 - Historical Resource Restoration /  
Rehabilitation, and Approve the Significant Property  
Alteration / Architectural Review for an approximately  
481 square foot first floor addition and an  
approximately 233 square foot second floor addition  
to an existing two-story single-family residence  
resulting in a 3,006 square foot single-family  
residence on the Historic Resource Inventory located  
at 1184 Washington Street, subject to the findings and  
conditions of approval.  
4.  
25-1742  
Recommendation:  
Determine the project to be categorically exempt  
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 - Infill;  
and Approve the Architectural Review for the 1,000  
square-foot second story attached accessory dwelling  
unit and a 557 square-foot first floor addition, located  
at 1995 Stafford Street, subject to the findings and  
conditions of approval.  
5.  
26-65  
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 264  
square foot first floor addition and a 331 square foot  
second story addition in an existing one-story  
residence resulting in a 2,151 square foot two-story  
residence  
6.  
26-284  
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 the complete demolition  
of  
Single-Family Residence and the Construction of a  
New 3,002 Square-Foot Two-Story Residence  
the  
existing1,627 Square-Foot  
One-Story  
Located at 3523 Golden State Drive, subject to the  
findings and conditions of approval.  
7.  
26-328  
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 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,  
subject to conditions of approval.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The next regular scheduled meeting is on Wednesday May 13, 2026 in the City Hall Council Chambers and via  
Zoom.  
MEETING DISCLOSURES  
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