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Home My WebLink About04-25-2007 Planning Commission AgendaP:\PC Agendas\2007\Agn 042507.doc CITY OF SARATOGA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA DATE: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Council Chambers/Civic Theater, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA TYPE: Regular Meeting ROLL CALL: Commissioners Manny Cappello, Joyce Hlava, Rishi Kumar, Robert Kundtz, Susie Nagpal, Yan Zhao and Chair Linda Rodgers PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: MINUTES: Draft Minutes from Regular Planning Commission Meeting of April 11, 2007 ORAL COMMUNICATION: Any member of the Public will be allowed to address the Planning Commission for up to three minutes on matters not on this agenda. The law generally prohibits the Planning Commission from discussing or taking action on such items. However, the Planning Commission may instruct staff accordingly regarding Oral Communications under Planning Commission direction to Staff. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS- PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTION TO STAFF: REPORT OF POSTING AGENDA: Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on April 19, 2007. REPORT OF APPEAL RIGHTS: If you wish to appeal any decision on this Agenda, you may file an “Appeal Application” with the City Clerk within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of the decision, pursuant to Municipal Code 15-90.050 (b). CONSENT CALENDAR: - None PUBLIC HEARINGS: All interested persons may appear and be heard at the above time and place. Applicants/Appellants and their representatives have a total of ten minutes maximum for opening statements. Members of the Public may comment on any item for up to three minutes. Applicant/Appellants and their representatives have a total of five minutes maximum for closing statements. 1. APPLICATION #06-182 (517-10-014), McCready, 20430 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road The applicant requests design review for an illuminated sign in the CH-1 district. The wooden sign will be painted maroon and will be trimmed in white. Sand-blasted white letters will spell out “Saratoga Kitchen & Bath design center.” (Suzanne Thomas) 2. APPLICATION #06-017 (397-27-030), JSM Enterprises, 14234 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road The applicant requests design review/tentative map approval to construct twenty town home units. Each town home unit is a three-bedroom unit with a two-car garage; some units include basements. The maximum building coverage is 39.3% of the site. The maximum height of the proposed buildings is 30 feet. The lot size is approximately 2.08 net acres or 90,515 square feet, and the site is zoned RM-3000. (Heather Bradley) P:\PC Agendas\2007\Agn 042507.doc 3. Resolution adopting Guidelines and Standards for Land Use Near Streams The City of Saratoga Community Development Department is proposing adoption of a resolution that would adopt the “Guidelines and Standards for Land Use Near Streams” as recommended by the Santa Clara Valley Water Resources Protection Collaborative in 2006. The resolution would direct that the Guidelines and Standards be applied to streamside developments in the City of Saratoga to the extent feasible and appropriate, and to the extent that the Guidelines and Standards are consistent with Saratoga’s General Plan, Specific Plans, Design Guidelines and Zoning Ordinance. (John Livingstone) DIRECTORS ITEM: - None COMMISSION ITEMS: - None COMMUNICATIONS - None ADJOURNMENT TO NEXT MEETING - Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers/Civic Theater 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (408) 868-1269 or ctclerk@saratoga.ca.us. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II). Certificate of Posting of Agenda: I, Abby Ayende, Office Specialist for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted on April 19, 2007 at the office of the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us If you would like to receive the Agenda’s via e-mail, please send your e-mail address to planning@saratoga.ca.us NOTE: To view previous Planning Commission meetings anytime, go the City Video Archives at www.saratoga.ca.us.