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none, Addition & remodel of SFR, Correspondencej\t HfC(S 3Ta O 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1957 — 2007 B. ALLEN LAY Mayor DR. JAMES BLACK Mayor Pro Tern THOMAS F. HEINSHEIMER Councilmember FRANK E. HILL Councilmember GODFREY PERNELL, D.D.S. Councilmember • it CI 9 O/ b V41.0 ?•isd�i f:it i:J I ir. tl;l'� ,i • :� iut-ir;'t' 24. 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD POLLING HILLS. CALIF. 90274 (310)377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 February 20, 2007 VIA HAND DELIVERY AND REGULAR MAIL Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Olson 16 Roadrunner Road , Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Olson: The City of Rolling Hills has been asked to provide the City of Rolling Hills Estates and the PV Peninsula Land Conservancy with access to George F. Canyon through the trail easement between 11 and 16 Roadrunner Road as they proceed to implement a State Grant that will restore the canyon vegetation. They have asked the City to allow entry and parking on February 26 by 2 vehicles as they will be unloading approximately 1,000 plants for installation within the nature preserve. With the City's permission, this particular access will avoid their making the 1 mile -long trip from the Eastfield entrance. We are writing to advise you of this request and ascertain if there are objections or concerns. If this does not pose a problem, we will grant the City of RHE and PVPLC with the access and parking they have requested. We appreciate your responding to us by Thursday, February 22, 2007 in writing (by email or letter). You can respond to either me or Marilyn Kern at either adahlerbruchecitvofrh.net or mkerntt citvofrh.net. Thank you for your assistance. Sincer City Manager AD:mlk 02-21-07clumg/olson-1t rsdoc cc: Kristen Raig, RHCA Manager Fn:r � w City 0/{e0ii JJPP January 22, 2007 Mr. Lloyd Olson 16 Roadrunner Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Dear Mr. Olson: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377.1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aoI.com Thank you for taking the time to meet with Tony Dahlerbruch, City Manger and me on December 5, 2006. At the meeting you requested a legal opinion as to the City's authority to require that you comply with the Municipals Code to underground the utility lines on your property or apply for a Variance and pay a $750 fee, in light of the fact that you encountered a physical obstacle while attempting to underground the utilities. Michael Jenkins, City Attorney provided such an opinion. In a letter dated December 6, 2006, the City Attorney wrote that City staff has no authority to provide any relief from the Municipal Code requirement that utilities be undergrounded whenever a remodeling project results in the enlargement of the building footprint. He further reiterated staff's position that you must apply for a Variance and submit a complete application and pay the required processing fee of $750. Therefore, please submit an application for a Variance with the appropriate plans and fees no later than March 1. 2007, so that your request may be placed at the March 20, 2007 Planning Commission meting. If you don't meet this timeline, you will give us no choice but to take appropriate code enforcement measures to enforce the City of Rolling Hills Municipal Code, which includes referring this matter to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office for disposition. Please do not hesitate to call me at (310) 377-1521 if you have any questions. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation. Sincerely tp- Kolanta Schwartz Planning Director ®Pru,rc11,,,• a;,,r,•;r is ,�RI; ✓: a r cc: Anton Dahlerbruch, City Manager Mike Jenkins, City Attorney Peggy Minor, RHCA Manager Rafael Bernal, Los Angeles County Building and Safety • City oileoffin9. .IJPP November 29, 2006 Mr. Lloyd Olson 16 Roadrunner Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Dear Mr. Olson: • INCORPORATED JANUARY 2h, 1Q57 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com This letter is to notify you that the City directed the County Building and Safety inspector to inspect your electric work and to release the electricity to your property via above ground connection to the new meter panel. This action was taken at the advice of the Southern California Edison Company inspector, who deemed the sagging power lines over your driveway dangerous. In my letter to you dated September 26, 2006, I explained the City requirements for undergrounding of utility lines when adding square footage to a residence or lengthening electrical service. Your addition to the house triggered the requirement that you place utility lines underground. In your letter dated November 24, 2006. you request a waiver from the Zoning Ordinance requirement for undergrounding of utilities. As I explained to you before, staff has no authority to waive Zoning Ordinance requirements. Your option is to apply to the Planning Commission for a Variance from this requirement. My last correspondence to you included the application forms and other pertinent materials required to be filed for the Variance. The fee for this application would be $950, ($750 for minor Variance and $200 for environmental review). The Planning Commission meets once a month. Please submit comaleted application, plans and the fee by December 27. 2006 so that I may glace your reauest at the January 16. 2007 Planning Commission meeting. We are ready to assist you in filling out the paper work and filing of the application. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Anton Dahlerbruch, Interim City Manager or me at (310) 377-1521. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely ce, Yol vhta Schwartz Planning Director cc: Anton Dahlerbruch, Interim City Manager Larry Fay, Planner, So. Ca. Edison Company • • LLOYD H. OLSON 16 Roadrunner Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274-5139 Telephone (310) 377-5977 Fax (310) 377-2669 November 24, 2006 Anton Dahlerbruch, Interim City Manager City of Rolling Hills 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hillls, CA 90274 Re: Building Addition 16 Roadrunner Road Yolanta Schwartz Letter Dated 9/26/06 Dear Mr. Dahlerbruch By puhn NOV 2 7 2006 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS At your request I am writing this letter as a plea for the city council to approve a waiver for non compliance of Section 17.27.030 of the Rolling Hills Zoning Ordinance requiring under grounding requirement of all utility lines when adding square footage to a residence or lengthening electrical service. On September 22, 206, Rafael Bernal, Los Angeles County Building official and Yolanta Schwartz inspected the property and confirmed that an excavation of the trench we had begun for this purpose would be extremely difficult to complete because of solid rock in the area and the roots of two large pine trees would be weakened and in danger of falling. During the course of construction a large delivery truck struck the power lines spanning the driveway. Although they did not fall, the lines sagged to a point that a slender tall pole was used to support them for minimal clearance and were obviously a serious and dangerous hazard and remain so. As the construction was 99% complete at this time and a final inspection by the County was requested, Larry Fay of the Edison Co. suggested that they be allowed to remove the sagging power lines at the same time as the installation of new ones to the new meter panel. The County denied his request because the City had not granted a waiver for the under ground lines. I am hoping the City can act promptly in this case. • - /.;*' \AO 56 i-AOL.04.; '605 • Cry 0/2 P?,.a September 26, 2006 Mr. Lloyd Olson 16 Roadrunner Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Dear Mr. Olson: • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com As you know, Section 17.27.030 of the Rolling Hills Zoning Ordinance requires undergrounding of all utility lines when adding square footage to a residence or lengthening electrical service. Your addition to the house triggered the requirement that you place utility lines underground. Recently, we received a letter from your contractor, K.E. Construction, requesting a waiver from the undergrounding requirement due to the presence of solid rock in the area between the driveway and the existing house, making the excavation for a trench extremely difficult. In addition, he states that there are two large pine trees whose roots would be weakened by the excavation of the trench and would be in danger of falling. On September 22, 2006 Rafael Bernal, Los Angeles County Building Official and I inspected the property to confirm these conditions. Pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance requirement for undergrounding of utilities you can apply to the Rolling Hills Planning Commission for a Variance from this requirement. In order to approve a Variance, the Planning Commission must consider and make among other findings, that there are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable to the property, such as size, place, topography and others constraints, and that a special privilege is not being granted. I am enclosing the application forms and other pertinent materials required to be filed for a Variance. The fee for this application would be $950, ($750 for minor Variance and $200 for environmental review). The Planning Commission meets once a month. The next meeting will be held on October 17, 2006. In order to meet the State mandated noticing requirements for the October 17, 2006 Planning Commission meeting, your completed application must be submitted to the Planning Department by October 4, 2006. We are ready to assist you in filling out the paper work and filing of the application. You may continue to work on your property during this process, however, the construction on your property cannot be finaled by the Building Department until the ®Printed <n. H.3<:v<:l :d P:;;H I • • utility lines are placed underground or the Variance is granted by the Planning Commission and ultimately by the City Council. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Craig Nealis, City Manager or me at (310) 377-1521. Thank you for your cooperation. Since •ely f-Al2-LS-e-t+ Yol nta Schwartz Planning Director cc: Craig R. Nealis, City Manager Kevin Egan, K.E. Construction Larry Fay, Planner, So. Ca. Edison Company Rafael Bernal, Los Angeles County Department of Building and Safety 2006/SEP/15/FR1 03:21 PM P.002 • • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON' An EDISON INTERNATTONALe Company 15 September 2006 To: Kevin Egan From: Larry Fay, SCE RE: 16 Roadrunner, Rolling Hills Hi Kevin, This is to clarify SCE's requirements to underground the service at the above address. Per SCE's Electrical Service Requirements, Section 3.13.0, a minimum depth must be maintained. For voltages up to 30,000 volts, this depth is 30" from top of conduit to finished grade. Encasement requires the same. For your project, this shall be maintained from the panel to the pole. As to the conditions of the soil you will need to traverse, or the expense involved, I can not speak to that • If you can not meet SCE's requirements for minimum depth of conduit, then your service will need to remain overhead. Please contact me with any questions you may have. Thank you, Larry Fay SCE Planner 310 783-9332 505 Maple Avenue Torrance, CA 90503