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Home My WebLink About02-25-1957 Planning Commission Minutes CiTY OF SARATOGA PLANNING COMMISSION TIME: Monday, February 25,1957, ?:30 F.M. PLACE: Firemsm's Hail, Oak Street, Saratoga, C~.lif. '~?'E: Regular meeting I ROUTINE OB_GAN!ZATION A. ~OLL C~LL Present: Crisp, An~j.erson, Bennett, Hi~glns, Webster, Cameron., Pasetta Absent: None B. Mif,!DTES This beipg the first official meeting of the Planni~g Commission there were ~.o previous meeting minutes. ii N~..j BUSINESS ~k. NEW ZONii,~G P'ZTITIONS No~e B. WRITTEN COMMD]'~IC~':TiOKS None III PUBLIC EEA.ri!NGS - 8:00 P.M. A. EEZOi,~i~G .~C3 Fred. H. and E,~aud Smith Upon the announcement of tb.ls ce. se, Mr. Ed _Bean, ;:ttorney, 58~ North First Streeb, San Jose, Calif. asked that his clients, Mr. and Mrs. Smith be allowed to withdraw their oetition without _orcjud!ce #c 3 Fred H. & Eaud until s i'.last.~r ~!'_-~D has been com~?leted by the City Smith of Sarato~ ~.. Chairman Crisp indicated that, the first order of bus!ness for the mew Plannir..g Commlssio-~. was a Master Plan for the City of SaraLoga and that a date for 'oublic meetin~ in connection with this project had already been set for March 1,'~, 1957. The q. uestion w.~s put to the Commission members and ~1- they agreed unanimously to a!lo~: Mr.Bean to withdraw his petition for ch~e of zoning. Mr. Le~is L.~.v~, Attorney, Box 815, Los Gatos, Calif. indicated from the floor that he represented a number of residents in the immediate vicinity of the area involved had submitted a petition opposing the zoning chanEe. He asked that this opposition .b.~ noted and theft it be allowed to be filed, also v~ithcut prejudice. Permission granted by Chairman Crisp. .~C2- C. E. Glass ~C 2 Pat Creegan of Creegan and D~:~ngelo, 14455 Big Basin C. F. Way Saratoga i~dicsted from the floor bhat he represented Jules Duc, purchaser of the Glass proF~erty read letter describing his clienb's feelings i~ the matter (Exhibit A). Francis Smith of ~lle~dale Rd. objected to the petition ~C 2 C. E. Glass on the basis that the transition from acre lots to one :-:uarter lo~ss was too abrupt. Commissioner Roy Cameron sbated that tP~ere had been submitted to bhe County Pl.anning Commissio~n, im the past, several similar ~roposals involving ~his same pro[~erty. !~he Co,tory had suggested two commter proposals - one calling for. a b~ffer zone on the ~orth side of Allendale; the othar calling for a buffer zone on both sides of Allendale (maps submitted, Exhibit B). S. G. Hartrs~ft of ~l].e~dale Roa6 s~ated th.~t he felt bhat the entire ar~.a should be considered for zoning adjustment ra~her than one ranch or one proi:erty. Jules Duc, i~rSh~ser of the oroZp~rty in cuesrich, -2- stated that the cost of sub-~Aividing in one-half ' acre lots would be orohibitive; t.~+~t he ihtended the land to be developed as a subdivision of c?stom built homes. Mr. Houston of Allendale Rd. orot'-.~sbed th!~b his ~pro- perty, ~hich is zoned one acre ;,~ould be directly across the roa6 frox~ 10,000 sq. ft. zo_~,ing. Chairman Crisp steted the case .. ould be t~ken under advisement; asked Mr. Creegan P,o study th,~ buffer zone 'oro'!~oss!; referred the case to the subdivision committee. S~abed further that the Commission would be ready for a decisio.~ at thc next meeting. #C 1 - Geor:~e Oldham .=Y-"C 1 Hrs. Ol~ham app~ared ~nd st=-ted bhat her huab'.~nd, George Oldham the petitioner had been unavoidably detained and .--.:sked thab the case be continued unbil the nexb meeting without prejudice° Ch~.irman Crisp gr,-:nbed the request. B. VAP. iANCES #V 2 - John M. Brown Mr. Davies, Attorney of Los Ga, tos, di.sbributed maids of the area involved ~nd askeo that the v=riance be gr~nted; and if' it did, it wou].d rccognlze a situation ~.~hich has existed for tw.=,nty-flve yes. re, and ~ould not cr'--.'abc a ner~ situation. Mr. C.V. Snyder of P~-~.rk Drive, op?osed bhe vatlance 3nd sbn. ted th.~t since M~-.. Vertin, former owner knew of the zoning at bhe t!me of bhe sele, Mr. Brown would h'.?-ve action ,'against Mr. Verbin. Mr. Rolf of Glen Una Drive rsised the question as to -3- whether the zoning ~.;a,s ]..'-~gal. Chairman Crisp replied affirmativ~.ly. Commj,~sioner Pasebta ~sked if a r~cord of survey v:~s furnished l'iz?. Brown. #V 2 J. M. Brown ~.!r. Brow~ replied i~e!~;.'.tively. Commissioner Webst.'~r aske~.~ if there had been any ~]efault in the deed of trust. ',Mr. Bro~,~n replied that payments wpre uo to date. Mr..~;nd I,irs. Broaden argued that a hardship was being worked on them wheD they could not keep their ho~se up; that bheir hobby b~s to buy old houses and make them attractive. Commissioner Cameron felt that the ma~ter should be r~fer~-ed ~o ~,he City fib~ormey for a revie~ as ~o the sbatus as a non-conforming use as respect Section 30 of the zoning regulations. Chairman Cr]s!~, continuej~ the case and directed the Secretary to secure an opinion from the City ~:tborney as outl).med above. #V 8 - Eerie 8ourdet TheSeere'Defy r?e'-'d a le~;ter of opposite!on from Mrs. Julia Arna!, 1:+378 Sprin[fer Eoad. .,~-"V 8 ~avnond Arnal, son of the Mrs. !rnal mentioned above, ReLic Bourdet expressed opposi~icln o:~. the basis t:.'r~t the additional buildi~g would block views from the wi~dows of his mother's home. Mr.Bourde~: spoke in sLqDff, ort of his variance aopllcati.?n. Chairman Crisp continued the case and referred it to the Architecsur-=l and Site Cor..trol Comm[a'jee, if necessary. -4- .';V 9 - Mrs. H. R. Ramsdell ,r"~rs.Ramsdell prPsented her case alon~ the lines of the statement oiled with her app!ic;~tion for variance. Mr.' C. V. Snyier of Park Drive spoke in opposition to any change of zo:Gk~!g or variance from the present zenithS' in the general area rather titan the specific 9 MPs. H. R. property in question. Ramsdell Chairman Crisp referred the case to the sub.Sivlslon committee for a report ~b the r. ext meeting. (A petition supporting the vari~.nce re,:,ues~ was presented by i.!rs. Ramsdell .be the Secretary - Exhibit A). C. USE PERMITS None Chairman Crisp adjourned the Public Hearing portion of the meeting at 9:~0 P.N. IV HA'FTERZ HELD bZgDP]! ADViSZi'.vENT None COMMI'i'?EE REPORTS A. Ai!CHITECT~ji{AL AND SITE COiq!'EOL Nor~e B. SU3LIVISIO!.iS 1, SD ~1, Lee H. Brandenburg - Committ.~e recommended SE #1 Lee H. af.,proval of ~sntative map subject to the condiP, ions Brande~nburg set forth. 2. SD ,~4, _.-=-'rank & 'Gwendolyn Bennett - ipproved ~o:,'-rectiom SD #4 made hy County Planning Department in their letter Frank &- Gwendolyn Bennett of j~nua-=.y 25, 1957- -5- SD #5 3- SD #5, SbeK,~rt Mc Cormick - Hold for' further study. S. [';c Cormick 4. SD #D, Frank L. Small withdrew his request without SD ~3 F.L. Small prejudice. 5. SD ~13, S. G. Hantranft - Have Mr. Hamtranft submit ~.u H~ntranfg a E~cord of Survey. SD ~lSR 6. SD ~15Z~, Fr.a~qk A. Luc:seg~ch - Aoprov~d genta~tive F. Luos.:tich map subject ~o conditions set forth. Commissio:~er Webstsr moved that th~ recommsndstions of the subdivision corqmlttee ~e a~ov~d. C~rried unanimously VI OE!,~E'ZAL PL.kNNYWG ~ n_ Z~!'I?vG A. BEEPOinT OF COY.~DgiTTEES 1. Mas~er Plan Cbalrman Cyiso announced th ..t a public meeting would be held on H~rch 14,1957 at the O~k Sgreet .3chool at which time Mr. Karl B~lser, Director of the Ssng~ Clara County Plon~i~g Commissio~ and members Master Plan of his staff would exolaln and discuss the long' range olanni~g study of Bhe Sar?.toga 8~es as ouBli-ned r?cen~;ly i~ booklet form. The 3scr~ar'y w~s ,3ireogsd to oublioize the matt~y, sending copies of publicity dlrecbives to oll p~blic, s~r. vics and social orgauigatiens in the City of Sar~oga. 2. Zoning Ordln?.nce Th~ secreta:,~L. outlined several zoning orSinances the County r~gul:~tio~s which did not fit i~,~ ths County Ss~atoga scheme and s~gges~ed Bhs oom~kt~ee work on these p?.rglc~lar ordinances or r?guls~lc, ns tow.~rd tD~ proosr adjustmenB. Commissioner Higgi~_s recommended th~_~t atbe'.~.tior_. be directed to,~:a'rd an ordinance controlling billboards and signs. Me st'~ted theft the matter is currently Billbcards before the State Legislature. Commissicner Cameron concurred ,~ith the sbeteme~t of Commissioner Hl~ins ar~ urged action. Commissio.~er Bennett moved for a~]journment at 11:45 ir.~(. Carried unan in'..ously. Present, 75 - 2--tess -?-