A plan to remove the “Historic Combining Zoning” from a property across the street from Franklin Square will go to the Santa Clara City Council.
The Planning Commission recommended that the council remove the Mills Act distinction from one of the properties the council created when it approved a plan to split the lot at 1341 Homestead Road earlier this year.
1341 Homestead Rd. and 906 Monroe St. are zoned “Historic Combining.” The owner of the single-family lots wants to change the Homestead Road property to downtown zoning. He will keep the Monroe Street property a historic resource…