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Neighbors urge town to reject 14‑unit project beside Oak Meadow Park
Summary
A string of Los Gatos residents urged the Town Council to oppose a proposed 14‑unit, roughly 79.5‑ft residential development at 235 Oak Meadow Drive, saying rezoning, traffic, parking and tree removal would harm neighborhood character and public safety.
Dozens of residents told the Los Gatos Town Council on Aug. 19 that a proposed 14‑unit residential building at 235 Oak Meadow Drive is out of scale with the neighborhood and would create traffic, parking and environmental problems.
At the public‑comment period, Rich Daniel and a succession of neighbors said the project would convert an existing office lot into a dense residential use that requires rezoning. “I speak in opposition of the development for 235 Oak Meadow Drive,” Rich Daniel said, adding that the proposal would remove office uses that currently support therapists and other daily visitors to the site.
The nut graf: neighbors described a tight street network near Oak Meadow Park and said the project’s scale—described in speakers’ estimates as 14 units reaching about 79 feet—would add cars and complicate emergency access. Ben Daniel, a neighborhood youth who addressed the council, urged rejection on safety and livability grounds: “Please do not build this apartment complex,” he said.
Speakers cited several concrete concerns. They said the proposal appears to require a change to the general plan or a zoning amendment, warned of “spot zoning” and said parking plans included tandem spaces that would be impractical on a roughly 20‑foot private turn. Speakers also pressed for protection of mature trees along the nearby creek and raised stormwater runoff and sewer capacity as constraints.
Council members did not act on the project during the meeting; the comments were delivered during the standard public‑comment period before the council turned to the scheduled police report. Council members and staff will have the record of objections for consideration as the formal review process continues.
What comes next: the project will advance through the town’s planning and environmental review processes; residents said they have already exchanged letters and, in some cases, counsel with the developer. Council and staff did not announce a schedule change during the Aug. 19 meeting.
Reporting note: quotations and claims in this article come from recorded public comments at the Aug. 19, 2025 Los Gatos Town Council meeting.
