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903, Construct a trellis on the pro, Staff Reports• • 8(4 al Rollie, qeek INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX (310) 377-7288 Agenda Item No.: 5B Mtg. Date: 06-13-16 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: YOLANTA SCHWARTZ, PLANNING DIRECTOR THROUGH: RAYMOND R. CRUZ, CITY MANAGER SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 2016-12. A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN REVIEW TO CONSTRUCT A TRELLIS ON A PROPERTY WITH A RESTRICTIVE DEVELOPMENT CONDITION IN ZONING CASE NO. 903 AT 37 CHUCKWAGON ROAD, (LOT 19-CF) (VAN NORTWICK). REQUEST AND PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION 1. It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report or provide other direction to staff. 2. The applicants Mr. and Mrs. Van Nortwick request a Site Plan Review to construct a 701 square foot detached trellis over an existing outdoor barbecue and pool deck area. 3. The Planning Commission visited the project earlier in the day on May 17 and directed staff to prepare a Resolution for that evening's meeting and by a vote 4-0 approved the project (Commissioner Kirkpatrick absent and excused). The Planning Commission found that the project fits on the property, is of a small scale, will not be obtrusive or make the lot look overbuilt and does not cause exceedance, beyond what is allowed, of the development standards. -1- • • BACKGROUND 4. The property is zoned RAS-1 and the gross lot area is 1.56 acres. The net lot area is 1.34 acres or 58,458 square feet. The property is currently developed with a 3,107 square foot residence, 528 square foot garage, 528 square foot pool/spa, 75 square foot pool equipment, 96 square foot service yard, and 104 square foot barbecue and fireplace area. 5. In February, 2001 the Planning Commission approved a request for a variance to permit construction of a 224 square foot addition to the west -side of the residence that encroached up to 4 feet into the west side yard setback. The residence already encroached 8.5 feet into the west -side setback and the approved addition did not create any further encroachment. However, a Restricted Development Condition in Resolution No. 2001-02 was placed on the property requiring filing of a new application for approval by the Planning Commission for any additional structural development. In December, 2001 the Planning Commission approved Resolution 2001-25, a request for a modification to Resolution 2001-02, to add a 28 square foot outdoor fireplace, with the same restrictive condition. 6. Therefore the request to add a 701 square foot trellis, requires a Site Plan Review. MUNICIPAL CODE COMPLIANCE 7. The structural lot coverage on the property will be 5,589 square feet or 9.6%, and with the allowable deductions 9.2%. The proposed total lot coverage will increase from 9,748 square feet or 16.7% to 10,899 square feet or 18.6%, but with the allowable deductions will be 18.3%; where maximum permitted is 35%. 8. Coverage on the residential building pad of 14,803 square feet will be 33.2%. Coverage on the future stable pad of 3,198 square feet will be 14%. 9. The disturbance on the lot is currently at 30.8%, which complies with the maximum permitted of 40%. The addition of the proposed trellis and future stable will not change the disturbance. There is no grading required for the trellis or the future stable as these areas were previously graded. 10. The proposed trellis is 701 square feet and 10' in height, and not located in any setbacks. 11. Future access to the future stable is proposed from the existing property's driveway and will consist of decomposed granite. 12. Up to 300 square feet of the 701 square foot trellis (for a total ancillary structures of 300 sq.ft.) could be approved administratively over the counter and do not require ZC NO. 903 37 Chuckwagon -2- • • Planning Commission discretionary approval even though there is a Restricted Development Condition per Section 17.46.040C1-5, which reads: C. The Commission shall act to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. The Commission may impose such conditions on an approval as it deems necessary to assure compliance with the requirements of this title. The Commission may condition approval to require site plan review for any future construction on the lot, regardless of whether site plan review would ordinarily be applicable to such construction. Notwithstanding any such condition, if future construction requires a variance or a conditional use permit, a site plan review is not also required. Further, notwithstanding any such condition on a discretionary plan review, the City Manager or designee may, without site plan review, approve the following construction provided that such construction meets the development standards of this title and no discretionary review is otherwise required under this title: 1. Structures ancillary to the primary residence such as trellises, barbecues, fireplaces, fountains, and similar minor amenities where the cumulative total of all such improvements does not exceed three hundred square feet; 2. Hardscape improvements, walkways and pathways that do not exceed standards in this title; 3. Garden and decorative walls not to exceed three feet in height; 4. Play areas (excluding sport courts) not to exceed one thousand square feet in area and which do not require more than a total of fifty cubic yards of dirt; 5. Similar minor improvements determined by the City Manager or designee to not have greater impacts on the property than those enumerated above. 13. In response to justification for the site plan review to locate the trellis above the existing structures and hardscape, the applicant's agent states that the trellis is proposed within the buildable area (outside of setbacks) and within the 12' maximum height limit per section 17.16.200.H1. 14. Rolling Hills Community Association has approved the trellis. 15. When reviewing a development application the Planning Commission considers whether the proposed project meets the criteria for Site Plan Review and must find that the proposed uses are consistent with the General Plan and development standards of the City, including provision for open space and maintaining rural environment and that the uses will not adversely affect adjacent properties. 16. The project has been determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Class 3. ZC NO. 903 37 Chuckwagon -3- ZC. NO. 903 SITE PLAN REVIEW RA-S- 1 ZONE SETBACKS Front: 50 ft. from front easement line Side: 20 ft. from property line Rear: 20 ft. from rear property line STRUCTURES (Site Plan Review due to Restricted Development Condition) STRUCTURAL LOT COVERAGE (20% maximum) TOTAL LOT COVERAGE (35% maximum) BUILDING PADS (30% guideline) GRADING Site Plan Review required if excavation and/or fill or combination thereof that is more than 3 feet in depth and covers more than 2,000 sq.ft.) must be balanced on site. DISTURBED AREA (40% maximum; any graded building pad area, any remedial grading (temporary disturbance), any graded slopes and building pad areas, and any nongraded area where impervious surfaces exist.) STABLE (min. 450 SQ.FT. & 550 SQ.FT. CORRAL) STABLE ACCESS ROADWAY ACCESS VIEWS PLANTS AND ANIMALS EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH GARAGE, POOL & MISCL. OUTDOOR USES Residence Garage Pool Pool equipment Stable Det. Trellis BBQ & Fireplace Service yard TOTAL 7.4% 16.5% 3,107 sq.ft. 528 sq.ft. 528 sq.ft. 75 sq.ft 0 sq.ft. 0 sq.ft. 104 sq.ft 96 sq.ft. 4,438 sq.ft. Pad 1- Residence/pool 29.3% Pad 2 - future stable N/A 30.8% IN/A 1N/A Existing driveway approach N/A N/A ZC NO. 903 37 Chuckwagon -4- �� PROPOSED TRELLIS OVER EXISTING STRUCTURES Residence Garage Pool Pool equipment Stable (future) Det. Trellis BBQ & Fireplace Service yard 3,107 sq.ft. 528 sq.ft. 528 sq.ft. 75 sq.ft. 450 sq.ft. 701 sq.ft. 104 sq.ft. 96 sq.ft. TOTAL 5,589 sq.ft 5,365 sq.ft. w/allowances or 9.2% of 58,458 sq.ft. net lot area 10,675 sq.ft. w/allowances or 18.3% of 58,458 sq.ft. net lot area Pad 1- 33.2% of 14,803 sf. pad Pad 2 -14 % of 3,198 sf. pad N/A 30.8% of the net lot area 1 450 sq.ft. stable (future proposed) 550 sq.ft corral (future proposed) Future proposed as shown on plans Existing driveway approach N/A N/A • • SITE PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA 17.46.010 Purpose. The site plan review process is established to provide discretionary review of certain development projects in the City for the purposes of ensuring that the proposed project is consistent with the City's General Plan; incorporates environmentally and aesthetically sensitive grading practices; preserves existing mature vegetation; is compatible and consistent with the scale, massing and development pattern in the immediate project vicinity; and otherwise preserves and protects the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Rolling Hills. 17.46.050 Required findings. A. The Commission shall be required to make findings in acting to approve, conditionally approve, or deny a site plan review application. B. No project which requires site plan review approval shall be approved by the Commission, or by the City Council on appeal, unless the following findings can be made: 1. The project complies with and is consistent with the goals and policies of the general plan and all requirements of the zoning ordinance; 2. The project substantially preserves the natural and undeveloped state of the lot by minimizing building coverage. Lot coverage requirements are regarded as maximums, and the actual amount of lot coverage permitted depends upon the existing buildable area of the lot; 3. The project is harmonious in scale and mass with the site, the natural terrain and surrounding residences; 4. The project preserves and integrates into the site design, to the greatest extent possible, existing topographic features of the site, including surrounding native vegetation, mature trees, drainage courses and land forms (such as hillsides and knolls); 5. Grading has been designed to follow natural contours of the site and to minimize the amount of grading required to create the building area; 6. Grading will not modify existing drainage channels nor redirect drainage flow, unless such flow is redirected into an existing drainage course; 7. The project preserves surrounding native vegetation and mature trees and supplements these elements with drought -tolerant landscaping which is compatible with and enhances the rural character of the community, and landscaping provides a buffer or transition area between private and public areas; 8. The project is sensitive and not detrimental to the convenient and safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles; and 9. The project conforms to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. ZC NO.903 37 Chuckwagon -5- TO: • "f / Ra qe e, INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX (310) 377-7288 Agenda Item No.: 4B-FT Mtg. Date: 5-17-16 HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: YOLANTA SCHWARTZ, PLANNING DIRECTOR WENDY STARKS, AICP, ASSOCIATE PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING AND SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: ZONING CASE NO. 903 37 CHUCKWAGON ROAD (19-CF) RA-S-1, 1.56 ACRES (GROSS) MR. AND MRS. VAN NORTWICK MICHAEL MAYNEZ/DESIGNER MAY 5, 2016 REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATION 1. The applicants Mr. and Mrs. Van Nortwick request a Site Plan Review to construct a 701 square foot detached trellis over an existing outdoor barbecue and pool deck area. 2. It is recommended that the Planning Commission review the staff report, view the project in the field, open the public hearing, take public testimony, and continue the hearing to the evening Planning Commission meeting on May 17, 2016. BACKGROUND 3. The property is zoned RAS-1 and the gross lot area is 1.56 acres. The net lot area is 1.34 acres or 58,458 square feet. The property is currently developed with a 3,107 square foot residence, 528 square foot garage, 528 square foot pool/spa, 75 square foot pool equipment, 96 square foot service yard, and 104 square foot barbecue and fireplace area. Z.C. No. 903 • • 4. In February, 2001 the Planning Commission approved a request for a variance to permit construction of a 224 square foot addition to the west -side of the residence that encroached up to 4 feet into the west side yard setback. The residence already encroached 8.5 feet into the west -side setback and the approved addition did not create any further encroachment. However, a Restricted Development Condition "Q" in Resolution No. 2001-02 was placed on the property requiring filing of a new application for approval by the Planning Commission for any additional structural development. In December, 2001 the Planning Commission approved Resolution 2001-25, a request for a modification to Resolution 2001-02, to add a 28 square foot outdoor fireplace, with the same restrictive condition. 5. The request to add a 701 square foot trellis above the existing outdoor fireplace and barbecue requires review and approval by the Planning Commission per Condition Q on Resolution 2001-02, Restricted Development Condition. MUNICIPAL CODE COMPLIANCE 6 The structural lot coverage will be 5,589 square feet or 9.6%, and with the allowable deductions 9.2%. The proposed total lot coverage will increase from 9,748 square feet or 16.7% to 10,899 square feet or 18.6%, (with the allowable deductions 18.3%); where maximum permitted is 35%. 7. Coverage on the residential building pad of 14,803 square feet will be 33.2%. Coverage on the future stable pad of 3,198 square feet will be 14%. 8. The disturbance on the lot is currently at 30.8%, which complies with the maximum permitted of 40%. The addition of the proposed trellis and future stable will not change the disturbance. There is no grading required for the trellis or the future stable as this area was previously graded. 9. Neither the proposed trellis, nor the proposed future stable encroach into any setbacks or easements. 10. The proposed trellis is 701 square feet and 10' in height. The existing fireplace is 2' higher than the proposed trellis. 11. Future access to the future stable is proposed from the existing property's driveway and will consist of decomposed granite. 12. Up to 300 square feet of the 701 square foot trellis (for a total ancillary structures of 300 sq.ft.) could be approved administratively over the counter and do not require Planning Commission discretionary approval even though there is a Restricted Development Condition per Section 17.46.040C1-5, which reads: Z.C. No. 903 0 • • C. The Commission shall act to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. The Commission may impose such conditions on an approval as it deems necessary to assure compliance with the requirements of this title. The Commission may condition approval to require site plan review for any future construction on the lot, regardless of whether site plan review would ordinarily be applicable to such construction. Notwithstanding any such condition, if future construction requires a variance or a conditional use permit, a site plan review is not also required. Further, notwithstanding any such condition on a discretionary plan review, the City Manager or designee may, without site plan review, approve the following construction provided that such construction meets the development standards of this title and no discretionary review is otherwise required under this title: 1. Structures ancillary to the primary residence such as trellises, barbecues, fireplaces, fountains, and similar minor amenities where the cumulative total of all such improvements does not exceed three hundred square feet; 2. Hardscape improvements, walkways and pathways that do not exceed standards in this title; 3. Garden and decorative walls not to exceed three feet in height; 4. Play areas (excluding sport courts) not to exceed one thousand square feet in area and which do not require more than a total of fifty cubic yards of dirt; 5. Similar minor improvements determined by the City Manager or designee to not have greater impacts on the property than those enumerated above. 13. In response to justification for the site plan review to locate the trellis above the existing structures and hardscape, the applicant's agent states that the trellis is proposed within the buildable area (outside of setbacks) and within the 12' maximum height limit per section 17.16.200.H1. 14. Rolling Hills Community Association has approved the trellis. 15. When reviewing a development application the Planning Commission must consider whether the proposed project meets the criteria for Site Plan Review and must find that the proposed uses are consistent with the General Plan and development standards of the City, including provision for open space and maintaining rural environment and that the uses will not adversely affect adjacent properties. 16. The project has been determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Class 3. Z.C. No. 903 L> ZC. NO. 903 SITE PLAN REVIEW RA-S- 1 ZONE SETBACKS Front: 50 ft. from front easement line Side: 20 ft. from property line Rear: 20 ft. from rear property line STRUCTURES (Site Plan Review due to Restricted Development Condition) STRUCTURAL LOT COVERAGE (20% maximum) TOTAL LOT COVERAGE (35% maximum) BUILDING PADS (30% guideline) GRADING Site Plan Review required if excavation and/ or fill or combination thereof that is more than 3 feet in depth and covers more than 2,000 sq.ft.) must be balanced on site. DISTURBED AREA (40% maximum; any graded building pad area, any remedial grading (temporary disturbance), any graded slopes and building pad areas, and any nongraded area where impervious surfaces exist.) STABLE (min. 450 SQ.FT. & 550 SQ.FT. CORRAL) STABLE ACCESS ROADWAY ACCESS VIEWS PLANTS AND ANIMALS Z.C. No. 903 EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH GARAGE Residence Garage Pool Pool equipment Stable Det. Trellis BBQ & Fireplace Service yard TOTAL 7.4% 16.5% PROPOSED TRELLIS OVER EXISTING STRUCTURES 3,107 sq.ft. Residence 528 sq.ft. Garage 528 sq.ft. Pool 75 sq.ft Pool equipment 0 sq.ft. Stable (future) 0 sq.ft. Det. Trellis 104 sq.ft BBQ & Fireplace 96 sq.ft. Service yard 3,107 sq.ft. 528 sq.ft. 528 sq.ft. 75 sq.ft. 450 sq.ft. 701 sq.ft. 104 sq.ft. 96 sq.ft 4,438 sq.ft. TOTAL 5,589 sa.ft 5,365 sq.ft. w/allowances or 9.2% of 58,458 sq.ft. net lot area 10,675 sq.ft. w/allowances or 18.3% of 58,458 sq.ft. net lot area Pad 1- Residence/pool 29.3% Pad 2 - future stable N/A 30.8% N/A N/A Existing driveway approach N/A N/A Pad 1- 33.2% of 14,803 sf. pad Pad 2 - 14% of 3,198 sf. pad N/A 30.8% of the net lot area 450 sq.ft. stable (future proposed) 550 sq.ft corral (future proposed) Future proposed as shown on plans Existing driveway approach Planning Commission review Planning Commission review • • SITE PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA 17.46.010 Purpose. The site plan review process is established to provide discretionary review of certain development projects in the City for the purposes of ensuring that the proposed project is consistent with the City's General Plan; incorporates environmentally and aesthetically sensitive grading practices; preserves existing mature vegetation; is compatible and consistent with the scale, massing and development pattern in the immediate project vicinity; and otherwise preserves and protects the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Rolling Hills. 17.46.050 Required findings. A. The Commission shall be required to make findings in acting to approve, conditionally approve, or deny a site plan review application. B. No project which requires site plan review approval shall be approved by the Commission, or by the City Council on appeal, unless the following findings can be made: 1. The project complies with and is consistent with the goals and policies of the general plan and all requirements of the zoning ordinance; 2. The project substantially preserves the natural and undeveloped state of the lot by minimizing building coverage. Lot coverage requirements are regarded as maximums, and the actual amount of lot coverage permitted depends upon the existing buildable area of the lot; 3. The project is harmonious in scale and mass with the site, the natural terrain and surrounding residences; 4. The project preserves and integrates into the site design, to the greatest extent possible, existing topographic features of the site, including surrounding native vegetation, mature trees, drainage courses and land forms (such as hillsides and knolls); 5. Grading has been designed to follow natural contours of the site and to minimize the amount of grading required to create the building area; 6. Grading will not modify existing drainage channels nor redirect drainage flow, unless such flow is redirected into an existing drainage course; 7. The project preserves surrounding native vegetation and mature trees and supplements these elements with drought -tolerant landscaping which is compatible with and enhances the rural character of the community, and landscaping provides a buffer or transition area between private and public areas; 8. The project is sensitive and not detrimental to the convenient and safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles; and 9. The project conforms to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. Z.C. No. 903