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517, Construct a workshop addition,, Staff Reports} • • C1iy opeoefin9 �uee AGENDA ITEM 5A INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377.1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 24, 1994 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ATTENTION: CRAIG R. NEALIS, CITY MANAGER FROM: LOLA M. UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER SUBJECT: ZONING CASE NO. 517 RESOLUTION NO. 94-22: A A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A WORKSHOP ADDITION, GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A PAINTED WOOD FENCE, AND GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE SOUTH SIDE YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A GARDEN WALL AND PAINTED WOOD FENCE IN ZONING CASE NO. 517. Mr. and Mrs. Yale Geiszl, 5 Flying Mane Road (Lot 50-SF) BACKGROUND 1. The Planning Commission approved the attached resolution on October 6, 1994. 2. The applicants are requesting the following: a. Variance to encroach 11 feet into the 50 foot front yard setback to construct a workshop addition; b. Variance to encroach 17 feet into the 50 front yard setback to construct a 12 foot long, up to 4-foot high painted wood fence; and c. Variance to encroach up to 5 feet into the 20 foot side yard setback to construct a 49 foot long, 3-foot high cement block garden wall and a 7 foot long, 4-foot high painted wood fence. The existing garage and service yard fence at the front of the residence encroach .17 feet into the front yard setback. The workshop addition plus enlargement of a bedroom and a bath addition will add 471 square feet to the south side of this 3,885 square foot residence for a total of 4,356 square feet of residential space. ®Printed on Recycled ZONING CASE NO. 517 PAGE 2 • • 3. The Commission found that the existing development pattern on the lot and the sloping rear portion precludes continued expansion of the residence within allowable setbacks, there will not be any greater incursion into the front setback than already exists, and development on the pad will allow a substantial portion of the lot to remain undeveloped. 4. Grading for the project site will not be required. 5. The disturbed area of the lot will not be greater than 15.7%. 6. The structural lot coverage proposed is 4,964.5 square feet or 10% and the total lot coverage proposed is 7,798.5 square feet or 15.7%. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council receive and file Resolution No. 94-22. • • RESOLUTION NO. 94-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A WORKSHOP ADDITION, GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A PAINTED WOOD FENCE, AND GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE SOUTH SIDE YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A GARDEN WALL AND PAINTED WOOD FENCE IN ZONING CASE NO. 517. THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS DOES HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Applications were duly filed by Mr. and Mrs. Yale Geiszl with respect to real property located at 5 Flying Mane Road (Lot 50-SF) requesting a Variance to encroach into the front yard setback to construct a workshop addition, requesting a Variance to encroach into the front yard setback to construct a painted wood fence, and requesting a Variance to encroach into the south side yard setback to construct a garden wall and painted wood fence at an existing single family residence. • Section 2. The Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the applications on August 16, 1994 and September 20, 1994, and at a field trip visit on September 13, 1994. Section 3. The Planning Commission finds that the project qualifies as a Class 1 Exemption (State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301(e)) and is therefore categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 4. Sections 17.38.010 through 17.38.050 of the Rolling Hills Municipal Code permit approval of a Variance from the standards and requirements of the Zoning Ordinance when exceptional or extraordinary circumstances applicable to the property and not applicable to other similar properties in the same zone prevent the owner from making use of a parcel of property to the same extent enjoyed by similar properties in the same vicinity. Section 17.16.110 requires a front yard setback for every residential parcel to be fifty (50) feet. The applicants are requesting to construct an attached workshop addition plus enlargement of a bedroom and a bath totaling 471 square feet. The workshop addition will encroach a maximum of eleven (11) feet into the fifty (50) foot front yard setback. With respect to this request for a Variance, the Planning Commission finds as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 94-22 • PAGE 2 • A. There are exceptional and extraordinary circumstances and conditions applicable to the property or to the intended use that do not apply generally to the other property or class of use in the same zone because the lot is long and narrow and the building pad is located close to the street and adjacent residences. The existing development pattern on the lot and the sloping rear portion precludes continued expansion of the residence within allowable setbacks. B. The Variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right possessed by other property in the same vicinity and zone, but which is denied to the property in question. The Variance is necessary because there will not be any greater incursion into the front setback than already exists. C. The granting of the Variance would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in such vicinity and zone in which the property is located. Development on the pad will allow a substantial portion of the lot to remain undeveloped. Section 5. Based upon the foregoing findings, the Planning Commission hereby approves the Variance for Zoning Case No. 517 to permit a workshop addition to the residential structure to encroach a maximum of eleven (11) feet into the front yard setback, as indicated on the development plan submitted with this application and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A, subject to the conditions specified in Section 10 of this Resolution. Section 6. Section 17.16.110 requires a front yard setback for every residential parcel to be fifty (50) feet. The applicants are requesting a Variance to encroach 17 feet into the 50 foot front yard setback to construct a 12 foot long, up to 4-foot high painted wood fence. With respect to this request for a Variance, the Planning Commission finds as follows: A. There are exceptional and extraordinary circumstances and conditions applicable to the property or to the intended use that do not apply generally to the other property or class of use in the same zone because the lot is long and narrow and the building pad is located close to the street and adjacent residences. The existing development pattern on the lot and the sloping rear portion precludes continued expansion of the residence within allowable setbacks. B. The Variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right possessed by other property in the same vicinity and zone, but which is denied to the property in question. The Variance is necessary because there will not be any greater incursion into the front setback than already exists. C. The granting of the Variance would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in such vicinity and zone in which the property is located. Development on the pad will allow a substantial portion of the lot to remain undeveloped. RESOLUTION NO. 94-22 e PAGE 3 • Section 7. Based upon the foregoing findings, the Planning Commission hereby approves the Variance for Zoning Case No. 517 to permit a 12 foot long, up to 4-foot high painted wood fence to encroach up to 17 feet into the 50 foot front yard setback, as indicated on the development plan submitted with this application and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A, subject to the conditions specified in Section 10 of this Resolution. Section 8. Section 17.16.120(A)(1) requires a side yard of 20 feet in the RA-S-1 residential zone. The applicant is requesting a Variance to encroach up to 5 feet into the 20 foot side yard setback to construct a 49 foot long, 3-foot high cement block garden wall and a 7 foot long, 4-foot high painted wood fence that would replace an existing garden wall. With respect to this request for a Variance, the Planning Commission finds as follows: A. There are exceptional and extraordinary circumstances and conditions applicable to the property or to the intended use that do not apply generally to the other property or class of use in the same zone because the lot is long and narrow and the building pad is located close to the street and adjacent residences. The existing development pattern on the lot and the sloping rear portion precludes continued expansion of the residence within allowable setbacks. B. The Variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right possessed by other property in the same vicinity and zone, but which is denied to the property in question. The Variance is necessary because by allowing incursion into the south side yard, the new garden wall and painted wood fence would conform with the new addition and replace the existing fencing. C. The granting of the Variance would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in such vicinity and zone in which the property is located. Development on the pad will allow a substantial portion of the lot to remain undeveloped. Section 9. Based upon the foregoing findings, the Planning Commission hereby approves the Variance for Zoning Case No. 517 to permit a 49 foot long, 3- foot high cement block garden wall and a 7 foot long, 4-foot high painted wood fence to encroach a maximum of five (5) into the twenty foot south side yard setback, as indicated on the development plan submitted with this application and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A, subject to the conditions specified in Section 10 of this Resolution. Section 10. The Variance to the front yard setback approved in Section 5, the Variance to the front yard setback approved in Section 7, and the Variance to the side yard setback approved in Section 9 of this Resolution are subject to the following conditions: RESOLUTION NO. 94-22 • PAGE 4 • 1 A. The Variance approvals shall expire within one year from the effective date of approval as defined in Section 17.38.070. B. It is declared and made a condition of the Variance approvals, that if any conditions thereof are violated, this approval shall be suspended and the privileges granted thereunder shall lapse; provided that the applicant has been given written notice to cease such violation and has failed to do so for a period of thirty (30) days. C. All requirements of the Buildings and Construction Ordinance, the Zoning Ordinance, and of the zone in which the subject property is located must be complied with unless otherwise set forth in the Permit, or shown otherwise on an approved plan. D. The lot shall be developed and maintained in substantial conformance with the site plan on file dated July 5, 1994 and marked Exhibit A, except as otherwise provided in these conditions. E. Landscaping shall be provided to obscure the new additions but, shall not encroach any more than already exists near the existing rural road at the south side of the property. F. The project must be reviewed and approved by the Rolling Hills Community Association Architectural Review Committee prior to the issuance of any building or grading permit. G. Prior to the submittal of an applicable final grading plan to the County of Los Angeles for plan check, a detailed grading and drainage plan with related geology, soils and hydrology reports that conform to the development plan as approved by the Planning Commission must be submitted to the Rolling Hills Planning Department staff for their review. Cut and fill slopes shall not exceed a steepness of a 2 to 1 slope ratio. H. The applicant shall execute an Affidavit of Acceptance of all conditions of these Variance and driveway modification approvals, or the approvals shall not be effective. I. All conditions of these Variance approvals must be complied with prior to the issuance of a building or grading permit from the County of Los Angeles. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 6TH CTOBER, 1994. ALLAN ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN RESOLUTION NO. 94-22 II PAGE5 • ATTEST: MARILYN°KERN, DEPUTY CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF ROLLING HILLS I certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 94-22 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A WORKSHOP ADDITION, GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A PAINTED WOOD FENCE, AND GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE SOUTH SIDE YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A GARDEN WALL AND PAINTED WOOD FENCE IN ZONING CASE NO. 517. was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission on October 6, 1994 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Commissioners Frost, Raine, Witte and Chairman Roberts NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Hankins ABSTAIN: None and in compliance with the laws of California was posted at the following: Administrative Offices. DEPUTY CI CLERK • • City oi�eenS�e� HEARING DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 1994 TO: FROM: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24; 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA M. UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING AND SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 517 5 FLYING MANE ROAD (LOT 50-SF) RA-S-1, 1.26 ACRES MR. & MRS. YALE GIESZL THOMAS A. BLAIR. AUGUST 6, 1994 The applicants request a Variance to construct a workshop addition that will encroach into the front yard setback, request a Variance to construct a painted wood fence that will encroach into the front yard setback, and request a Variance to construct a garden wall and painted wood fence that will encroach into the side yard setback at an existing single family residence. BACKGROUND 1. The Planning Commission viewed a silhouette of the proposed project on September 13, 1994. 2. The applicants are requesting a Variance to encroach 11 feet into the 50 foot front yard setback to construct a workshop addition; requesting a Variance to encroach 17 feet into the 50 front yard setback to construct a 12 foot long, up to 4-foot high painted wood fence; and requesting a Variance to encroach up to 5 feet into the 20 foot side yard setback to construct a 49 foot long, 3-foot high cement block garden wall and a 7 foot long, 4-foot high painted wood fence. The existing garage and service yard fence at the front of the residence encroach 17 feet into the front yard setback. The workshop addition plus enlargement of a bedroom and a bath addition will add 471 square feet to the south side of this 3,885 square foot residence for a total of 4,356 square feet of residential space. Printed on Recycled Paper. ZONING CASE NO. 517 PAGE 2 3. The original residence was constructed in 1950. Alterations were done in 1966. In 1982, a 1,576 square foot addition was constructed. 4. Grading for the project site will not be required. 5. The disturbed area of the lot will not be greater than 15.7% (40% maximum). 6. The structural lot coverage proposed is 4,964.5 square feet or 10% (20% maximum) and the total lot coverage proposed is 7,798.5 square feet or 15.7% (35% maximum). 7. The allowable building pad beyond setbacks is approximately 9,152 square feet and coverage proposed is 54.2%. 8. The project has been determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission review the proposed plans and take public testimony. •City ofieolliny HEARING DATE: AUGUST 16,1994 TO: FROM: • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA M. UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING AND SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 517 5 FLYING MANE ROAD (LOT 50-SF) RA-S-1, 1.26 ACRES MR. & MRS. YALE GIESZL THOMAS A. BLAIR AUGUST 6, 1994 The applicants request a Variance to construct a workshop addition that will encroach into the front yard setback, request a Variance to construct a painted wood fence that will encroach into the front yard setback, and request a Variance to construct a garden wall and painted wood fence that will encroach into the side yard setback at an existing single family residence. DISCUSSION In reviewing the applicant's request under Title 17 (Zoning), staff would identify the following issues for evaluation: 1. The applicants are requesting a Variance to encroach 11 feet into the 50 foot front yard setback to construct a workshop addition; requesting a Variance to encroach 17 feet into the 50 front yard setback to construct a 12 foot long, up to 4-foot high painted wood fence; and requesting a Variance to encroach up to 5 feet into the 20 foot side yard setback to construct a 49 foot long, 3-foot high cement block garden wall and a 7 foot long 4-foot high painted wood fence. The existing garage and service yard fence at the front of the residence encroach 17 feet into the front yard setback. The workshop addition plus enlargement of a bedroom and a bath addition will total 471 square feet to be added to the south side of this 3,885 square foot residence. Printed on Recycled Paper. • • ZONING CASE NO. 517 PAGE 2 2. The original residence was constructed in 1950. Alterations were done in 1966. In 1982, a 1,576 square foot addition was constructed. 3. Grading for the project site will not be required. 4. The disturbed area of the lot will not be greater than 1% (40% maximum). 5. The structural lot coverage proposed is 4,964.5 square feet or 10% (20% maximum) and the total lot coverage proposed is 7,798.5 square feet or 15.7% (35% maximum). 6. The allowable building pad beyond setbacks is approximately 9,152 square feet and coverage proposed is 54.2%. 7. The project has been determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission review the proposed plans and take public testimony.