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TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014 AT 7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills www.losaltoshills.ca.gov
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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.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014 AT 7:00 P.M.
Revision No. 1 – Monday, August 4, 2014
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.
2.A NEW BUSINESS/ CONSENT CALENDAR
2.A.1 Filing of Stirling Tentative Map; 28030 Natoma Road, File # 193-14-TM;
(Staff- C. Richardson).
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 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.
Any interested party may appeal a determination of the Planning Commission to the City Council by filing
a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within twenty-two (22) days of the decision. A nonrefundable
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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 DANIEL; 27798 Via Ventana; File #378-13-ZP-SD-GD; An
appeal of a Site Development Permit for a 4,968 square foot two story
new residence (Maximum height 26’) with a 3,175 square foot basement,
attached second unit, and a 480 square foot swimming pool approved at
the Fast Track hearing on July 8, 2014. The applicant is also requesting to
remove a multi trunk heritage oak tree. CEQA review: Categorical
Exemption per Section 15303 (a) & (e) (Staff- N. Horvitz).
3.2 ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 8 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE (Building Regulations); To adopt the 2013 California Building
Standards Code, including but not limited to Building, Residential,
Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy, Fire, and California Green
Building Standards Codes with local amendments. File #380-13-MISC,
CEQA Review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15061(b) (3)
(Staff- S. Padovan).
3.3 LOS ALTOS HILLS GENERAL PLAN CIRCULATION & SCENIC
ROADWAYS UPDATE: FILE #79-12-MISC; CEQA Review: Negative
Declaration (Staff- N. Horvitz).
4. OLD BUSINESS
4.1 LANDS OF TOPRANI; 26630 Ascension Drive, File # 118-14-ZP; Status
Update (Staff- S. Padovan).
5. Intentionally Left Blank
6. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
6.1 Planning Commission Representative for August 21 – Commissioner Couperus
6.2 Planning Commission Representative for September 18 – Commissioner Partridge
6.3 Planning Commission Representative for October 16 – Commissioner Tankha
6.4 Planning Commission Representative for November 20 – Chair Mandle
7. REPORTS FROM FAST TRACK MEETINGS – none
8. REPORTS FROM SITE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS – JULY 29, AUGUST 5, 2014.
8.1 LANDS OF 12401 HILLTOP DRIVE LLC; 12401 Hilltop Drive: File
#120-14-ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for landscape
screening for a new 8,632 square foot two story residence with a
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basement, detached garage, secondary dwelling unit, pool house,
swimming pool/ spa, and a sports court, approved at the August 20, 2013
Fast Track meeting. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section
15304 (b) (staff- N. Horvitz).
8.2 LANDS OF RODE AND BERRY, 14350 De Bell Road; File #124-14-
ZP-SD; A request for a Site Development Permit for landscape screening
for a new 5,808 square foot two story residence with a basement,
detached garage, and swimming pool, approved at the May 14, 2013 Fast
Track hearing. CEQA Review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304
(b) (Staff- N. Horvitz).
8.3 LANDS OF MORITA; 27960 Roble Alto: File #45-14-ZP-SD; A request
for a Site Development Permit for an 860 square foot, second story
addition to an existing two-story single-family dwelling with minor
interior remodeling, the partial removal of an existing pool house and the
removal of hardscape in the rear yard area. The roof height over the
western portion of the dwelling will be increased from 15 feet to 25 feet
(Existing structure maximum height is 26 feet). CEQA review:
Categorical Exemption per Section 15301(e) – (Staff- S. Padovan).
9. ADJOURNMENT