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L Staff Report to the Planning Commission Prezone of Eastbrook Magdalena December 8,2005 Page 2 of 3 EASTBROOK-MAGDALENA AREA AND PARCEL SIZE DATA Total Parcels: 82 parcels Total Area: 19.99 acres Average Parcel Size: 0.25 acres SANTA CLARA COUNTY ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION The County zoning designation for the subject parcels is RIE-lAc nl (One-Family Residence Estate-1 Acre Minimum, Neighborhood Preservation Combining District). The existing RIE County designation allows single-family residential development with a minimum lot size of one acre, a minimum front yard setback of 30 feet, a minimum side yard setback of 20 feet, a minimum rear yard setback of 25 feet, and a maximum height of 27 feet. Portions of the County's development standards for this area can be found in Attachment 4. TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS PREZONE AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION The project area is designated by the Town of Los Altos Hills as Residential Unit No. 6, "very low to low density [single family] residential" uses. The RA (Residential- Agricultural) designation allows single-family residential development with a minimum lot size of one-acre, a minimum front yard setback of 40 feet, a minimum side yard setback of 30 feet, a minimum rear yard setback of 30 feet, and a maximum height of 27 feet. Since the average lot size in the Eastbrook-Magdalena neighborhood is one-quarter(0.25) acre and already developed, it may be impractical to apply Los Altos Hills zoning and site development standards, especially setback requirements, to these substandard, nonconforming lots. If annexation of the subject area were to occur as the result of a future project, the Town could create an overlay district specific to this area with amended development standards to accommodate new development on these much smaller parcels. CEOA STATUS In conformance with CEQA requirements, staff has prepared an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration. A Notice of Intent to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration was published in the Town Crier on November 16, 2005. The notice was also submitted to the Santa Clara County Clerks Office for a 20 day public review period which began on November 18 and ended on December 7, 2005.