HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 2, 2017
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY, NOVEMEBER 2, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA www.losaltoshills.ca.gov
ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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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 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)
– continued from the regular Planning Commission meeting of October 5, 2017.
Planning Commission Agenda
November 2, 2017 – Regular Meeting
Page 2
3.2 LANDS OF ADL 5 LLC; 10800 Magdalena Road: File #212-17-ZP-SD; A request
for a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan for a new 5,000
square foot, two-story residence which was approved at the August 23, 2016
Planning Commission hearing. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section
15304 (b) – new landscaping (Staff: S. Padovan)
3.3 LANDS OF TOP ELEGANT INVESTMENT, LLC (FORMER LANDS OF
STIRLING); 28030 Natoma Road: File #193-15-TM and #112-15-MISC; A
request for approval of a Tentative Map to subdivide an 18.18-acre property into
nine lots. CEQA review: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration have
been prepared for this project (Staff: S. Avila) – continued from the regular
Planning Commission meeting of September 7, 2017.
3.4 LANDS OF PATEL; 11637 Dawson Drive; File #188-17-ZP-SD; A request for a
Site Development permit for a swimming pool and a landscape screening plan for
a previously approved two-story estate home approved at the March 5, 2015
Planning Commission meeting. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section
15303(e) and 15304(b) – Accessory structure (swimming pool) and minor
alterations to land - new landscaping (Staff: E. Horan)
4. OLD BUSINESS – None
5. NEW BUSINESS – None
6. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
6.1 Planning Commission Representative for October 11 – Chair Partridge
6.2 Planning Commission Representative for November 16 – Commissioner Tankha
6.3 Planning Commission Representative for December 14 – Commissioner Mandle
6.4 Planning Commission Representative for January 18 – Commissioner Basiji
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
7.1 Approval of August 3, 2017 minutes.
8. REPORTS FROM SITE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS – OCTOBER 17 & 24, 2017
8.1 LANDS OF DANIEL, 27798 VIA VENTANA; File #250-17-ZP-SD; A request
for a Site Development Permit for landscape screening, fencing and lighting plans
for a previously approved new residence and pool. CEQA review: Categorical
Exemption per Section and 15304(b) (Staff: S. Avila)
8.2 LANDS OF ADL 5 LLC; 10880 Magdalena Road: File #214-17-ZP-SD; A request
for a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan for a new 5,000
square foot, two-story residence which was approved at the June 21, 2016 Fast
Track hearing. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304 (b) – new
landscaping (Staff: S. Padovan)
Planning Commission Agenda
November 2, 2017 – Regular Meeting
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8.3 LANDS OF ADL 5 LLC; 10888 Magdalena Road: File #215-17-ZP-SD; A request
for a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan for a new 5,000
square foot, two-story residence which was approved at the June 14, 2016 Fast
Track hearing. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304 (b) – new
landscaping (Staff: S. Padovan)
8.4 LANDS OF CARMACK; 26815 Ortega Drive; File #282-17-ZP; A request for a
fence permit and an exception to install a six (6) foot tall chain link fence with a
reduced setback of 30 feet from the centerline of Fremont Road. CEQA review:
Categorical Exemption per Section 15303 (e) -Accessory structure (fence) (Staff:
E. Horan)
8.5 LANDS OF GHOSH; 26850 St. Francis Road; File #252-17-ZP-SD; A request for
a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan for a previously approved
residence. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304 (b) – new
landscaping (Staff: E. Horan)
9. REPORTS FROM FAST TRACK MEETINGS – OCTOBER 10, 2017
9.1 LANDS OF FRENKEL; 11120 Mora Drive; File #165-17-ZP-SD-GD; A request
for a Site Development Permit to construct a 1,621 square-foot addition to a two-
story residence (Maximum height 25’-2”). CEQA review: Categorical Exemption
per Section 15303 (a) - additions to existing single family residential property
(Staff: E. Horan)
10. ADJOURNMENT