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February 21, 2002
Town of Los Altos Hills
City Council Special Meeting
Thursday, February 21, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Casey called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 5:05
p.m. at Town Hall.
Present: Mayor Casey and Councilmembers Cheng, Fenwick and
O'Malley
Absent: Councilmember Finn
Staff: City Manager Maureen Cassingham, Planning Director
Carl Cahill and City Clerk Pat Dowd
2. STUDY SESSION ON SETBACKS AND HEIGHT ORDINANCES
• The Planning Director presented a proposal to Council on setbacks and height
ordinances for their review and comment. This report was the result of
discussions by the Planning Commission. The goal of this proposal was to
allow increased building heights under certain conditions including additional
setbacks and maximum continuous wall heights in order to promote
architectural diversity. The proposal was also an incentive based approach to
locating the primary building mass away from the 30 and 40-foot minimum
building setbacks. The Planning Director noted that the Planning
Commission had agreed to side setbacks of 45 feet for areas of increased
height up to 32 feet since many lots in Town tended to be rectangular in
shape.
Bill Maston, architect, commented on the number of homes that suffered
architecturally because of certain ordinance restrictions, particularly the
height ordinance. He recommended a compromise to encourage architectural
integrity. Mr. Maston also commented that the language was already in the
Code that setbacks may be increased.
Council discussed this proposal and the diagrams depicting the proposed
concepts. They also addressed the issue of architectural integrity. Council
agreed that it was important to get public input on these issues and agreed to
a Town-wide mailing.
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PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct staff to prepare a clear and concise draft
notice of public hearing on the issues of setbacks and height ordinances for
approval at the next City Council Meeting. A Town-wide mailing will be sent
to get resident input.
3. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
4. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further new or old business to discuss,the City Council
Meeting was adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
CRes ectfu11 submitted,
Patricia Dowd
City Clerk
• The minutes of the February 21, 2002 Special City Council Meeting were
approved at the March 7, 2002 Regular City Council Meeting.
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