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ACTION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
SARATOGA PLANNING COMMISSION
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. – CIVIC THEATER/COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 13777
FRUITVALE AVENUE
ROLL CALL
PRESENT Commissioners Leonard Almalech, Wendy Chang, Kookie Fitzsimmons, Pragati
Grover, Dede Smullen, Chair Mary-Lynne Bernald
ABSENT Tina Walia (excused)
ALSO PRESENT James Lindsay, Community Development Director
Christopher Riordan, Senior Planner
COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMMISSION & PUBLIC
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approve Action Minutes from the Regular Planning Commission Meeting of April 9 2014.
Action:
GROVER/ALMALECH MOVED TO APPROVE THE APRIL 9, 2014 MINUTES. MOTION
PASSED. AYES: ALMALECH, BERNALD, CHANG, FITZSIMMONS, GROVER, SMULLEN.
NOES: NONE. ABSENT: WALIA. ABSTAIN: NONE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. APPLICATION PDR14-0007; 1777 Saratoga Ave. (386-10-049); Crown Castle / Sprint– The applicant is
requesting to replace three existing panel antennas with three new panel antennas three additional Radio
Remove Units (RRU’s), and six junction cylinders to an existing 66 foot tower. The purpose of the project
is to upgrade the project site from the current 3G technology to LTE so as to provide increased capacity and
data speeds. There is no proposed increase in height to the existing tower or size of the antennas to
accommodate this project. Staff Contact: Michael Fossati (408) 868-1212.
Action:
GROVER/ALMALECH MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 14-013 APPROVING THE
PROJECT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. MOTION PASSED. AYES:
ALMALECH, BERNALD, CHANG, FITZSIMMONS, GROVER, SMULLEN. NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: WALIA. ABSTAIN: NONE.
2. APPLICATION PDR13-0016; 13740 Pierce Road (503-30-067); Saiid Rezvani - The project applicant
requests Design Review approval to replace an existing 3,000 square foot two story home with a new 6,531
square feet, two story, single-family home which includes a 2,519 square foot basement. The project
would also include the construction of a detached 995 square foot secondary dwelling unit. The existing
751 square foot detached guest house on the site would be removed. The project also includes a grading
exception for 2,168 cubic yards of grading and a site coverage exception of 18,318 square feet of coverage.
Staff Contact: Chris Riordan (408) 868-1235
Action:
ALAMALECH/FITZSIMMONS MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 14-012 APPROVING
THE PROJECT SUBJECT TO CONDITOINS OF APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING
CHANGES:
1) The basement floor plan to state its square footage is 2,519 square feet and not 3,032 square feet.
2) The secondary dwelling unit floor plan to state its square footage is 995 square feet and not 1,001
square feet.
3. The chimney on the secondary dwelling unit is to be lowered and the size of its chimney cap reduced in
size.
4. The entrance element of the secondary dwelling unit is to be reduced in height so that its eve line is in
line with the eve on the rest of the structure.
MOTION PASSED. AYES: ALMALECH, BERNALD, CHANG, FITZSIMMONS, GROVER,
SMULLEN. NOES: NONE. ABSENT: WALIA. ABSTAIN: NONE.
DIRECTOR/COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
Director Lindsay informed the Commission the Saratoga Vista appeal will be heard City Council on May
14, 2014.
ADJOURNMENT