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Home My WebLink AboutOctober 5, 2017 TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA www.losaltoshills.ca.gov ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (650) 941-7222. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Notice to Public: Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s office located at 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California during normal business hours. These materials will also be made available on the City website subject to Staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting. 1. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Persons wishing to address the Commission on any subject not on the agenda are invited to do so now. Please note, however, that the Commission is not able to undertake extended discussion or take action tonight on non-agendized items. Such items will be referred to staff or placed on the agenda for a future meeting. 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS Persons wishing to address the Commission should obtain a copy of the request form located at the table at the back of the Council Chambers and leave the completed form at the podium; this ensures that names are recorded accurately in the minutes. Please limit remarks to THREE (3) minutes. This will assure time for all persons wishing to speak. Also, in the interest of time, please avoid redundancy with remarks made by previous speakers. If a large group wishes to express its views, the group should try to have one spokesperson. If you challenge the proposed action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described below, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. Any interested party may appeal a determination of the Planning Commission to the City Council by filin g a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within twenty-two (22) days of the decision. A nonrefundable filing fee and a deposit for services shall accompany each notice of appeal, except that any member of the Council may file such an appeal without payment of a fee. ➢ Planning Commission Ex Parte Contacts Policy Disclosure 3.1 LANDS OF PATEL; 26620 Purissima Road; File #162-17-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development permit for a landscape screening plan for a previously approved two-story estate home approved at the March 19, 2015 Planning Commission meeting. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304(b) – Minor alterations to land - new landscaping (Staff: E. Horan) Planning Commission Agenda October 5, 2017 – Regular Meeting 3.2 LANDS OF HANABE; 26691 Moody Road; File #206-17-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan for a previously approved single-family residence. The applicant is also requesting a creek setback variance. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304 (b) (Staff: M. Moseley) 3.3 LANDS OF KARLSSON; 12251 Menalto Drive; File #273-10-ZP-SD-GD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a 2,083 square foot addition to the main floor and a 1,973 square foot addition on the lower level (total addition of 4,056 square feet) to an existing 6,179 square foot single-story residence with a detached garage resulting in a total floor area of 10,235 square feet that is compliant with height, setback, floor area and development area regulations. The lower level addition includes a new secondary dwelling unit. The applicant is also requesting a grading exception and an interpretation on restorative grading on a hilltop property. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15301(e) – addition to an existing single-family residence (Staff: S. Padovan) 3.4 UPDATE TO TITLE 9 (SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE) OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE. The Subdivision Ordinance consists of regulations related to the subdivision of land within the Town of Los Altos Hills and were enacted for the purpose of promoting orderly development of property and the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of Town residents. These regulations insure that the development of land is consistent with the general community objectives in the General Plan and the established rural character of the Town. The Town has determined that an update to the Subdivision Ordinance is necessary in order to bring the Town’s subdivision code into conformance with the State Subdivision Map Act and to streamline and clarify the existing regulations. File #349-16-MISC, CEQA Review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15061(b) (3) (Staff: S. Padovan) 4. OLD BUSINESS 4.1 Master Path Map Update Process (Staff: S. Avila) 5. NEW BUSINESS – None 6. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS 6.1 Planning Commission Representative for September 21 – Commissioner Couperus 6.2 Planning Commission Representative for October 11 – Chair Partridge 6.3 Planning Commission Representative for November 16 – Commissioner Tankha 6.4 Planning Commission Representative for December 14 – Commissioner Mandle 7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 7.1 Approval of July 6, 2017 minutes. Planning Commission Agenda October 5, 2017 – Regular Meeting 8. REPORTS FROM SITE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS – AUGUST 8 & 15, SEPTEMBER 5, 12, & 19, 2017, OCTOBER 3, 2017 8.1 LANDS OF MINTON; 10730 Mora Drive: File #143-17-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a 1,060 square foot single story addition (Maximum height 23’-10” feet). CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303(a) (Staff: E. Horan) 8.2 LANDS OF JOHNSON; 27001 Appaloosa Way; File #182-17-ZP-SD-GD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a 428 square foot main floor addition with 133 square foot deck and a 427 square foot expansion to the basement garage at an existing residence (Maximum height 21’-6’). CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15301(e) – addition to an existing single-family residence in a residential zone district (Staff: E. Horan) 8.3 LANDS OF LAI; 25700 Deerfield Drive; File #146-17-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a new pool and driveway modification. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304 (b) – ancillary residential site improvements (Staff: M. Moseley) 8.4 LANDS OF KRUEP, 26860 ROBLEDA COURT; File #169-17-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for landscape screening and lighting plans for a previously approved new residence and pool. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section and 15304(b) (Staff: S. Avila) 8.5 LANDS OF BIBL, 14403 Kingsley Ave, APNs 175-21-121, 175-21-100, and 175-21- 038. File #280-17-ZP-SD-GD. A request for a modification of an approved permit to expand light wells for an approved single-family residence with a grading policy exception. CEQA Review: Exempt per Section 15303(a) (Staff: M. Moseley) 8.6 LANDS OF LEE; 13020 La Paloma Road; File #311-16-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan for a previously approved addition/remodel. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304 (b) (Staff: M Moseley) 9. REPORTS FROM FAST TRACK MEETINGS – AUGUST 8, 2017, OCTOBER 3, 2017 9.1 LANDS OF DUTCHINTS DEVELOPMENT LLC; 24925 Oneonta Drive; File #174-17-ZP-SD-GD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a new 5,654 square foot one story residence (Maximum height 19’ feet) with a 2,905 square foot basement. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303 (a) (Staff: E. Horan) 9.2 LANDS OF WONG; 10574 Blandor Way; File #152-17-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit to construct a 717 square-foot second story addition (23’3” maximum height). CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303(a) – additions to existing single family residential property (Staff: M. Moseley) Planning Commission Agenda October 5, 2017 – Regular Meeting 9.3 LANDS OF CHANG; 26464 Taaffe Road; File #240-16-ZP-SD-GD; A request for a Site Development Permit for a new 4,402 square-foot two-story residence (Maximum height 27’), a 589 square-foot detached garage (Maximum height 16’6”), a 146 square-foot cabana (Maximum height 13’) and pool. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303(a) – construction of a new single-family residence in a residential zone (Staff: M. Moseley) 10. ADJOURNMENT