Another housing project along Los Gatos Boulevard is one step closer to fruition, with developers continuing to propose homes on the main thoroughfare.
The Los Gatos Planning Commission is recommending a 55-townhome development located on 1.56 acres at 15349-15367 Los Gatos Blvd. Vice Chair Kendra Burch recused herself because she lives close to the project. Irvine-based City Ventures’ proposal includes eight affordable homes and 88 parking spaces. Four homes will include a door to ground-floor retail space so future residents can work where they live in the three-story development.
The project would demolish Genuine Automotive, which has been there for about 50 years. City Ventures could have invoked builder’s remedy — a controversial state law allowing developers to bypass local zoning code enacted when towns are late getting state approval on housing plans — but chose not to. The Town Council will review the project at a later date…