REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 11/01/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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VARIANCE 2023-0001 TO ALLOW THE HEIGHT OF A BLOCK WALL AND WROUGHT IRON GATE TO BE INCREASED TO SIX (6) FEET WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK THAT WILL FUNCTION AS A SIDE YARD FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1085 ROMANS ROAD. (APPLICANT: THEODORE RAY OF ROMANS ROAD, LLC.)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to affirm Variance 2023-0001, as recommended by the Planning and Housing Commission at its public hearing on October 9, 2023. The property at 1085 Romans Road is a two-acre lot located in the R-1A (Single Family Residential) zone. The applicant is currently building a single family house on the property and has oriented the front of the house to face Romans Road and the side to face Gilbert Avenue. According to the definition in the Zoning Code, the front yard is technically Gilbert Avenue due to the width of the lot along this street and not Romans Road. Solid walls within the front yard are limited to a height of three feet and non-opaque fences and gates are limited to a height of five feet. Variance 2023-0001 will allow the applicant to have a six foot high solid wall and gate within the front yard setback, which will serve as the side yard for the property.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting V2023-0001, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
OR
b. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The project site is a two-acre residential lot, located at 1085 Romans Road. The lot was originally made up of two separate one-acre lots (1043 and 1085 Romans Road) before the applicant merged them into a single lot via a lot line adjustment process in 2021. The purpose of the mer...
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