178 Twin Oaks Drive
Description
Subdivision of one 17.5-acre vacant RC-zoned lot into twelve single-family lots (including three below-market-rate units) with a vesting tentative map, grading, and removal of large protected trees under SB 330; the Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend approval to the Town Council with amended conditions.
Impact summary
Would add twelve homes, roughly 113 daily car trips, and remove about 223 protected trees on a wooded hillside above the Surrey Farms neighborhood, with drainage flowing toward downhill properties.
Applicant
- Name
- Larry Dodge
- Address
- 178 Twin Oaks Drive, Los Gatos, CASee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Town Council
Last discussed Aug 11, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Special Meeting of the Town Council — August 11, 2026
A 12-lot subdivision with vesting tentative map on 17.5 acres of RC-zoned hillside, with three below-market homes, processed under SB 330 with density bonus incentives, 58 waiver categories, and builder's remedy exceptions. The council continued it to an October special meeting rather than deciding.
Planning Commission SPECIAL — June 11, 2026
Subdivision of one 17.5-acre vacant RC-zoned lot into twelve single-family lots (including three below-market-rate units) with a vesting tentative map, grading, and removal of large protected trees under SB 330; the Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend approval to the Town Council with amended conditions.
Related issues (3)
178 Twin Oaks Drive hillside subdivision and environmental review
Nearly every neighborhood speaker demanded a full environmental impact report, arguing the mitigated negative declaration understates wildfire evacuation, hydrology, and stream impacts. The council left the EIR question open, directing staff to bring back analysis of whether evidence in the record compels an EIR.
Private road and drainage maintenance without an HOA
The project proposes a maintenance association rather than an HOA, and nobody at town hall had a confident answer on how it differs or whether it can enforce lighting, vegetation, and drainage rules. Staff will analyze whether it is adequate and report back in October.
Construction traffic and safety on Long Meadow Drive
Residents stressed that months-to-years of heavy trucks will funnel down a single narrow residential street in a high fire zone; the commission added a condition barring trucks from idling on Twin Oaks and Cerro Vista.
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