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TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 AT 7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills 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.
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 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
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 CONGREGATION BETH AM; 26790 Arastradero Road,
FILE# 105-14-CUP-LM-ND-MISC; The proposed project includes the
merger of 27121 Fremont Road with the Congregation Beth Am campus
located at 26790 Arastradero Road, amendment to the Town of Los Altos
Hills General Plan Land Use Diagram and amendment to the
Congregation Beth Am Conditional Use Permit. CEQA Review: Negative
Declaration (Staff-Cynthia Richardson).
Planning Commission Agenda
October 2, 2014 - Regular Meeting
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3.2 LANDS OF VAHDAT; 26520 Purissima Road; File #156-14-ZP-SD; A
request for a Site Development Permit of a landscape screening plan for a
two story new residence with a basement, a detached secondary dwelling
unit, and a swimming pool approved at the April 4, 2013 Planning
Commission meeting. CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section
15304 (b) (Staff-Nicole Horvitz).
3.3 PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION TIME LIMIT ORDINANCE File #19-
14-MISC (Staff: S. Padovan)
3.4 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).
4. OLD BUSINESS
4.1 Housing Element Update (Staff – S. Padovan).
5. NEW BUSINESS - none
6. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
6.1 Planning Commission Representative for October 16 – Commissioner Tankha
6.2 Planning Commission Representative for November 20 – Chair Mandle
6.3 Planning Commission Representative for December 11 – Commissioner Abraham
6.4 Planning Commission Representative for January 15 – Commissioner Couperus
7. MINUTES
7.1 Approval of September 4, 2014 Minutes
7.2 Approval of September 18, 2014 Minutes
8. REPORTS FROM FAST TRACK MEETINGS – none
9. REPORTS FROM SITE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS – none
10. ADJOURNMENT