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Home My WebLink About07-14-1987 Planning Commission Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA PLRN~I~G COMMISSIOn DATE: Tuesday, July 14, 1987 -:?:00 p.~. PLACE: Community Center Arts & Crafts Roon, 19GS5 Allendale Ave. TYPE: Co~ittee-of-the-~hole The ~eeting was called to order a~ 7:05 p.n. Present: Commissioners Harris, GUch, Burger, Tucker, Clay, Siegfried. Staff - Planning Director Hsla, Planners Young and ~elge Other - 10 members of the publlc I. ITEMS OF DISCUSSIOH A. DR-8?-O3G - ~aller, 14473 Oak Place - Review of revised plans for a new single-family dwelling on a 8,881 sq. lot in the R-l-lO,OO0 zone (cont'd. 'fro~ 6/24/8? Planning Commission Meeting) Sta~ distributed copies o~ ~inu~es ~ro~ the previous nearing on this 1ten and sun~arized the Co~nission~s concerns about the excessive size and height o~ the initial proposal. Joe Ualler, applicant, and his designer, Uillia~ Pll~pton, introduced themselves. Uilllan Plimpton ~oted that the nlnutes from the 6/24/87 ~eeting should be corrected to telfact that he is no~ a licensed architect but a "designer." Waller and Plinpton described their revised plan using a nodal ~hey had prepared for illustration.' The new proposal ls a ~odified "California Bungalou" st~le hone, Z,923 sq. f~. in area and 24°5 ft. in helght. This represents a reduction of 503 ~t. in size and 4 ft. in height ~ron the original proposal. The Commissioners discussed ~heir concerns about the new proposal, wihch included ~he ~ollowing: 1. The sa~et~ o~ the front driveway/parking area; 2. The "overcrowding" of the n=eighborhood which might result ~ro~ a row o~ ~wo-stor'y houses on Park Place; 3. The square footage of the ho~e, which is s~ill too large - l,?OO sq. ft. had been suggested at the previous and The ~ini~al setbacks which al.so contribute to a perception crowding, Planning Connission Connittee-of-the-Uhole ~inutes The Chair then asked for input fron citizens present. BettV Rowe, Saratoga-Los Gatos Road, expressed concern about bullding anV home at all on the lot, since it i5 substandard in size. This concern was reiterated by another neighbor present. After additional discussion, the Comnissioners agreed that although the overall design,' footprint and height were appropriate, the size of the hone should be further reduced bV least 200 sq. ft. The applicant indicated that the reduction could be accomplished by reducing the size of the garage and first floor areas, but no further reduction of the Znd floor would be possible. The Con~issioners agreed that this uould be acceptable. They also dlrected the applicant to reverse the laVout of the hone so that the garage and front porch are on the south (left) ra~her ~han the north (right) side of the building. The Conmissioners also directed s~aff to investigate further the safe~V of the proposed front drivewaV/parking area. The w111 be before the Con~lssion again at the Rugus~ 12 regular meeting. The applican~ uill submit revlsed plans to staff for review by July Senlot housing - reulew report ~o City Council on senlot housing. Planner Young briefed the Commission on the revisions to the report. Connissloner Tucker recoMMended changlng ~he ~itle to "Repor~ on Senior Houslng in Saratoga" and Suggested addlng sub-headings to the his~orV ~ection. She also suggested deleting ~he location guidelines part on page 12, just'keeping the sunnarV of Planning COMMiSSiOn recoMMendations, and suggested keeplng the reconnenda~ions regarding ~he Ci~'s conni~nen~ to o~her senior- rela~ed programs in the report. Comnissioner Burger reconMended that page 12 be reduced to a few statement5 about General Plan policy and ~he ~wo sites. Planning Director Hsia suggested diuiding page 12 into two sections. location guidelines and Conn~ssion recoMnendation5. The ComMission agreed and also directed that the cover nemo to the City Council contain a sunnary of the Connission's Connissloner Clay expressed concern about quantifVlng ~he need for senior housing units. He felt the background intomarion in the report did not lend ~uppor~ to a need for senior housing. Connissioner Siegfried concurred, sta~lng that ~he naterie1 ~as informative bu~ not iMportan~ ~o the CoMMission"s deliberations on the issue. Planning Commission Connittee-o~-the-Uhole Minutes C. Machol, Ronnie Ua~, expressed her opinion that the location guidelines should be deleted ~ron:the report. She felt that two additional Housing policies (H.2. O and H.2. G> should be added page 3, and that these and the Land Use policies should be listed individuall~ instead of buried in a paragraph. The Co~nission concurred. B. Toeus, Saratoga Bvenue, expressed gratitude for the Connission's attention to this issue, but stated the Commission had not reaII~ addressed the CounCil~s directire to identif~ potential sites. C. Machol suggested the Co~nission have a stud~ session on the report ~ith the Council. Chair Harris stated she would discuss the nattar with the ZI, ADJOURNMENT The nearing was adjourned at 8:~5. p.n. Respect~u11~ submitted, Associate Planner VY/dsc