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Council denies appeal, allows tentative three‑lot parcel map at 13785 Saratoga Avenue
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing about bridge design, flood and tree‑removal risks, the Saratoga City Council denied an appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval for a three‑lot tentative parcel map at 13785 Saratoga Avenue and directed that required permits and technical approvals be satisfied before development proceeds.
The Saratoga City Council voted to deny an appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s approval of a tentative parcel map that would subdivide 13785 Saratoga Avenue into three parcels, in a 2026 public hearing that focused on bridge design, fire access and potential floodplain impacts.
Appellant Partho Mishra, speaking on behalf of neighbors, told the council the application “is not a NIMBY situation” but raised engineering and safety concerns, saying the plan “relies on a fire access design which is completely unproven” and that the proposed 75,000‑pound bridge crossing Saratoga Creek could present a hazard in flood or earthquake conditions. Mishra and multiple residents urged the council to require engineering and environmental analyses before approving the…
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