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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills www.losaltoshills.ca.gov
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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
and addresses are recorded accurately in the minutes. Please limit remarks to three minutes. This will
assure time for all persons wishing to speak. Also, in the interests 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.
All applications approved or denied at tonight's Planning Commission meeting are subject to a 22 day
waiting period during which any member of the City Council may initiate a Council review, or any member
of the public may appeal the Planning Commission decision.
3.1 MANDATORY UPDATE OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL
PLAN AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION. One of the mandatory elements of a
General Plan is a Housing Element that analyzes housing needs and adopts goals,
policies, programs and quantified objectives to provide for housing needs. State
law requires each town, city, and county to prepare a Housing Element that must
be updated once every five years. The 2002 Housing Element is the statutory
update of the Town's Housing Element which was adopted by the Town and
certified by the State in 1998. The Housing Element Update is subject to CEQA
and an Initial Study and Negative Declaration has been prepared for public review
and comment.
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Planning Commission Agenda
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3.2 THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN
GENERAL PLAN PATHWAY ELEMENT MASTER PATH PLAN OF 1981
DELETING A LOCAL OFF-ROAD PATH ROUTE AND VACATION OF A
PUBLIC OFF-ROAD PATH EASEMENT (NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE)
LOCATED AT 27125 TAAFFE ROAD, LANDS OF CARSE.
3.3 LANDS OF DUBEY, 26475 Ascension Drive (187-01-ZP-SD-GD); A request
for a Site Development Permit for new residence (continued from the March 19,
2002 Fast Track hearing).
3.4 LANDS OF MONTEBELLO DEVELOPMENT, 27855 Moody Road (32-02-ZP-
SD); A request for a Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan and
re -vegetation plan.
3.5 Los Altos Hills Municipal Code and Policy Review Committee Presentation to
the Planning Commission with regard to the following Municipal Code Sections:
I. Outdoor Lighting (Section 10-2.10)
II. Structure Colors and Materials (Section 10-2.702, 4, iii)
III. Landscaping (Section 10-2.8)
IV. Structure Siting (Section 10-2.702)
3.6 INITIAL STUDY AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE TRACY
COURT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
4. OLD BUSINESS
4.1 Report from subcommittees
5. NEW BUSINESS -none
6. REPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
6.1 Planning Commission Representative for March 21" - Commissioner Gottlieb
6.2 Planning Commission Representative for April 4'h — Commissioner Wong
6.3 Planning Commission Representative for April 18 —Commissioner Vitu
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
7.1 Approval of March 14, 2002 minutes
8. REPORT FOR FAST TRACK SITE DEVELOPMENT MEETING -none
City Council Representative -Fenwick
Planning Commission Agenda
April 11, 2002
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9. REPORT FOR THE SITE DEVELOPMENT MEETING, MARCH 19, APRIL 2 & 9,
2002.
9.1 LANDS OF PAN, 11481 Magdalena Avenue (15-02-ZP-SD): A request for a
Site Development Permit for a landscape screening plan.
9.2 LANDS OF HARPOOTLIAN & PRICE, 26435 Anacapa Drive (187-01-ZP-SD-
VAR): A request for a Site Development Permit for a deck, and a minor variance
for a deck to encroach into the side setback.
9.3 LANDS OF CLEARY, 26410 Silent I -lilts Lane (43-02-ZP-VAR): A request for
a Zoning Permit for a 5.5-6 foot high fence, and a variance to encroach into the
required distance from the centerline of the road.
9.4 LANDS OF SHUM & TENG, 24028 Oak Knoll Circle (294-01-ZP-SD): A
request for a Site Development Permit for a pond & decking, and
landscape/hardscape improvements.
9.5 LANDS OF WEYL, 27900 Roble Blanco Court (281-01-ZP-SD-GD); A request
for a Site Development Permit for a minor addition.
liar 10. ADJOURNMENT
City Council Representative -Fenwick