AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 12/6/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of V2017-0101 a variance from Sections 17.70.060 (A) and 17.70.060 (F) (1) of the Corona Municipal Code to increase the height of a perimeter tube steel fence from five feet to eight feet within the front yard and from seven feet to eight feet within the side and rear yards for a new city water reservoir site located on the southeast corner of Nelson Street and Keith Street (3985 Nelson Street) in the R-1A (Single-Family Residential, 40,000 square-foot minimum lot size) Zone. (Applicant: City of Corona, Department of Water and Power)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting V2017-0101, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
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2. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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ANALYSIS:
The property owner and applicant of Variance 2017-0101 is the City of Corona Department of Water and Power, who is proposing to construct a 2.5 million gallon water reservoir at 3985 Nelson Street. The zoning of the property is R-1A, which allows the installation of public utility structures with a conditional use permit. The applicant is concurrently processing Conditional Use Permit 17-002 with this variance for the water reservoir. The scope of the variance is to allow an increase in the height of the perimeter fencing being constructed around the property for security purposes.
The City's fencing ordinance under Chapter 17.70 of the CMC permits a maximum allowable height of five feet for tube steel fencing within the required front yard setback area. For all areas behind the required front yard setback area, the maximum allowable height for fences is seven feet. Corona DWP is proposing a fence heigh...
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