2008 Palm Haven Area Projects

2008 Palm Haven Area Projects *Note: Click underlined links for more info

Location	Status - Public comment	Permit Info	Plans	Designations	Additional
810 Hartford Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Darren McBain Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF08-019 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) Single Family House Permit - Type 1 Historic, to raise an existing SFR one foot and to convert an existing basement to livable space.	No exterior changes planned.	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 2 Side pkwy (if corner): 5 On lot:	This was originally built on speculation for the Palm Haven Investment Corp. (PHIC) in 1920 by the construction firm, Wallace & Bush. Lysle Bush ran the firm from 672 Coe Avenue until 1921 when he finished his personal residence at 875 Plaza Drive. His firm built 4 others for PHIC in the same year: 810 Clintonia, 848 Clintonia, 866 Hartford, & 840 Plaza. 840 Plaza was replaced in 1996. 820 Hartford next door sits on land that was subdivided from 810's original lot. This may explain the home's southward orientation of picture windows and front entry.
940 Plaza Drive	*APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL* PUBLIC HEARING Sept. 3, 2008 NOTICE HERE Planner: Lori Moniz Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-7841	Permit # HL08-171 AND MA08-003 (Public hearing & city council approval required) Historic Landmark Nomination for the "L.D. Bohnett House" located on a .25-acre site.	The owner requests property tax reassessment and partial tax relief in return for a binding agreement to rehabilitate and maintain the historical and architectural character of the property for at least a ten-year period. No further modifications planned at this time.	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 4 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	While this home has suffered from removal of some of its original architecture including a full parapet over the porte-cochere, landmark status is sought based on being home to the second owner: Lewis Dan "L.D." Bohnett. L.D. played notable roles in local and state history in the early 1900s.
714 Coe Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Leslie Xavier Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF08-013 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) Single Family House Permit, Type 1 Historic, for a second story addition to an existing single-family house listed as a Contributing Structure on the Historic Resources Inventory. (553 sq. ft. added for total 1863 sq. ft.)	Under request. Designer:	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	Eligible for the State of California Historic Resources Inventory application and already recorded in the City of San Jose Historic Resources Inventory, this turn-of-the-century Arts & Crafts bungalow retains much of its original architecture.
730 Palm Haven Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Avril Baty Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-7652 PUBLIC HEARING Mar. 12, 2008 NOTICE HERE	Permit # SF07-063 *TYPE 2* (Public hearing) Single Family House Permit, Historic Category 2, to allow a 926 square foot two-story addition to an existing 1,776 square foot two-story single-family residence and to construct a new 399 square foot detached garage.	All Elevations Designer: Janet Chuang	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 3 Side pkwy (if corner): 4 On lot:	This home of unusual split-level floor plan for its time was designed by the venerated San Jose firm of Wolfe & Higgins in 1925. Its corner lot position is balanced with a flying buttress in the front and an arched entry set back to the side. Another unusual feature for the time is its integrated garage to the rear.
802 Plaza Drive	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Avril Baty Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-7652 PUBLIC HEARING July 18, 2007 NOTICE HERE	Permit # SF07-024 *TYPE 2* (Public hearing) Single Family House Permit to remove and replace existing addition and garage at an existing single family residence in the R-1-8 zoning distirct listed on the historic resources inventory. Permit # V-07-009 Development Variance to reduce the requirements of the driveway to 19'-5" and the front setback to 20'-2" for the construction of new additions at an existing single-family residence on a 0.11 gross acre site	All Elevations Designer: Michael Borbely NOVUSPACE 820 Willow San Jose, CA. 95125	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	This 1932 home of terse Spanish architectural influence was built by carpenter Thomas Rose on a narrow lot that was originally to be the new alignment of Riverside Drive for Riverside Park. Like many builders and carpenters during the Great Depression, when no one would pay to build a home, they would build inexpensive homes for themselves & hope to cover their costs when the market improved.
656 Palm Haven Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Edward Schreiner Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-7845	Permit # SF06-051 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) Second floor addition of 1028 square feet to an existing SFDR on the City's Historic Inventory on 0.18 gross acres.	All Elevations Designer: Richard Haro 343 S. McGlincey Ln. Campbell, CA	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 3 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	This home's architectural ambiguity is perhaps reflected in its builders' roots. Hilaire Garnot, a mfr's agent at Builders Service & Supply (BS&S) had it built for him in 1921. A year later he sold it to another BS&S employee: Claude Argall. It is in good original condition. The lot was expanded years ago when the public "tot-lot" on this block was divided between adjacent properties.
795 Coe Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Rebekah Ross Send comments - questions to city planners PUBLIC HEARING Jun. 14, 2006 NOTICE HERE	Permit # SF04-028 *TYPE 2* (Requires public hearing) Single Family House Permit to demolish an existing garage and portion of the house building, and to construct a 2-story addition, new garage and new basement foundation on a 0.45 gross acre site	Elevations *Note: South Elevation (front) will not change and is therefore not included. Site Plan Project will add 810 sq. ft. - not 2860. House will be moved forward 9 ft. on lot. A 649 sq. ft. 2-car detached garage will replace the current garage. Designer: Robert Aviles Design 4833 Soquel Dr. Soquel, CA 95073	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	Local historians credit the construction of this home to Jeremiah B. Wolfe, the father of the very successful local architect: Frank D. Wolfe. Jeremiah lived at 1060 Bird Avenue around the late 1800s when this home was built. The Geer family owned it for many years and left a remarkable legacy of entertainment to San Jose. (See article below for mention of this.) Related news article
848 Clintonia Avenue	*APPROVED BY BUILDING* Planner: Sylvia Do Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF07-042 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) SFHP Type 1 for replacement of an existing detached garage on a site containing an Identified Structure in a City Conservation Area.	Designer: Jennifer Kretschmer 1101 S. Winchester Blvd. Unit G173a San Jose, CA. 95128	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 1 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot: * MISSING ORIGINAL MEXICAN FAN PALM STREET TREE IN PARKWAY NEXT TO DRIVEWAY *	This was originally built on speculation for the Palm Haven Investment Corp. (PHIC) in 1920 by the construction firm, Wallace & Bush. Lysle Bush ran the firm from 672 Coe Avenue until 1921 when he finished his personal residence at 875 Plaza Drive. His firm built 4 others for PHIC in the same year: 810 Clintonia, 810 Hartford, 866 Hartford, & 840 Plaza. 840 Plaza was replaced in 1996. Its low-pitched roof is intact - originally installed with asbestos and crushed brick. The front entry was reworked in subsequent years as were other changes inside and in the rear.