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City of Saratoga General Plan Open Space and Recreation Element
Saratoga
Creek
Development
Location
Proposed
Trail
Congress
Springs Park
Brookglen
Park
85
Joe’s Trail
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Missed Opportunity for Saratoga Creek Trail?
Land deeded to the
public in cooperation
with SCVWD
Proposed
Trail
Saratoga
Creek
SCVWD
Easement
Development
Location
SCVWD requested
dedication of
creek-bed land
Incomplete public road
Improvements
Palm
Villas
Sturla
Abrams
The Vineyard
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Official Parcel Map Reflects Prior Creek Dedications
Land deeded to
SCVWD
Palm
Villas
Sturla
SCVWD
Easement
Land deeded to the
public in cooperation
with SCVWD
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Palm Villas Development Would Block Continuation of Creek Right of Way
Saratoga
Creek
Proposed
Trail
SCVWD
Easement
SCVWD requested
dedication of
creek-bed land
Land deeded to the
public in cooperation
with SCVWD
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Saratoga Creek Trail Can Be Established Next to the Vineyards
Congress
Springs Park
Brookglen
Park
Proposed
Trail
Saratoga
Creek
85
Joe’s Trail
Development
Location
Development
Location
Land deeded to
SCVWD
Land deeded to the
public in cooperation
with SCVWD
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City of Saratoga Letter
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Buildings on Parcel 2 Do Not Comply With City Setback Requirements
Insufficient or
no landscape
bufferPrivate street
serves 5 parcels.
Setback is required
from edge of street
to loading area
Parking
Lot
Parking
Lot
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Palm Villas’ Landscaping Does Not Comply With City Code
Landscape plan
violates 10 ft.
requirement for
front yard setback
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Palm Villas’ Underground Parking Is Extremely Constrained
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Illegal Delivery Turnaround on Public Street
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Illegal Delivery Turnaround on Private Street
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Corrections to Developer’s Metro Exhibit LF-2
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Dangerous Sightlines From Underground Parking Ramp
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Violations of City Laws Promoted by City Staff to Ensure Developer’s Desired Profit
Code Description Violation
Implementation
Requirement OSC 5.6
City requires the dedication of trails in the
development and subdivision
entitlement process.
City fails to comply with its mandatory policy of
the General Plan by not enforcing a dedication
requirement for the public trail on Lot 1.
Section 15-35.020(h)
Off-street parking spaces shall be located on
the same site as the use for which the spaces
are required, or on an adjacent site.
Public street separates the two
development lots.
Section 15-35.050(g)
Off-street loading spaces shall be located on
the same site as the use for which the loading
spaces are required, or on an adjacent site.
Public street separates the two
development lots.
Section 15-35.040(e) Each parking space shall be
independently accessible.
20 parking spaces are included in two parking
lifts. None of the spaces in the parking lifts are
independently accessible.
Section 15-35.040(i) No more than 25% of the parking spaces may
be compact spaces.
Project includes 48 total spaces and 26 (or 54%)
compact spaces, including compact spaces in
parking lifts.
Sections 15-06.587 and
15-06.660
Setback must be measured from street, not lot
line; driveways that serve 5 lots are categorized
as streets.
Access driveway on Lot 2 serves five parcels
and is therefore a street. Yet, the building’s
setback is measured from the lot line, not
the street.
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Violations of City Laws Promoted by City Staff to Ensure Developer’s Desired Profit
Code Description Violation
Sections 15-46.035(a)
and 15-18.080(a)(3)
Setbacks must be measured from the top of
the creek bank. Minimum rear setback is 25’
plus 1’ for each 2’ of structure height above 14’.
Rear setback provided is 25’ from top of bank.
Yet the required setback is 33’ from top of
creek bank.
Section 15-18.100(b) 10 feet of the required front setback area shall
be landscaped and permanently maintained.
Neither front setback area complies with
this requirement.
Section 15-35.070(b)Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering
vehicles shall be provided on the site.
Developer proposes that truck seeking to access
loading zone will turn around in public street.
Onsite turnaround template blocks access
easement of adjoining owners. Onsite
turnaround is impossible. Maneuvering into the
loading space is impossible, either back-in or
forward entry.
Section 15-35.070(h)Loading area must be screened by solid wall
or fence.
Loading zone will be open to view while fences
are moved to allow truck ingress and egress.
Section 15-35.070(h)Loading area shall not be located in a required
front, side or rear setback area.
Loading facility is illegally located within the
required side setback area.
Section 14-25.030 Public street must be improved by developer to
its full width to all applicable lot lines.
Developer not intending to improve public street
to boundary line with Abrams 10-acre parcel,
requiring Abrams to trespass on Palm Villas
property when street is completed.
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Site Plan Parcel 1
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Site Plan Parcel 2