A G E N D A

REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2005 1685 MAIN STREET

10:30 A.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ROOM 213

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. INTRODUCTION

3. PUBLIC HEARING: Continued from November 8, 2005

3-A. Variance 05-021, 819 Centinela Avenue. The applicant requests approval of a variance to allow a modification to the required front and side yard setback requirements in conjunction with the construction of a new two-story accessory structure. A front yard setback of 5-feet (in lieu of the required 15-feet) and sideyard setback of 5-feet (in lieu of the required 11.45-feet) are being proposed. The accessory structure consists of a three-car garage, half bath (sink & toilet), and unenclosed covered patio area below the garage.

Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2160 (CCS), Section 2(1)(d), a one-story accessory building over fourteen feet in height to a maximum height of twenty-eight feet, or two-story accessory building up to a maximum height of twenty-eight feet shall be permitted if such buildings conform to the required setbacks and stepbacks for the principal building and with the development standards set forth in Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.04.14.110. Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.20.10.030(f)(1), an applicant may request a variance to allow a modification of yard setbacks on non-rectilinear parcels or rectangular parcels on which parallel property lines differ in length a minimum of five feet. The subject site is an irregularly shaped parcel with parallel property lines differing by 31-feet in length. [Planner: Grace Cho] APPLICANT / PROPERTY OWNER: Barbara & Richard May.

4. ADJOURNMENT

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HEARING INFORMATION

Any person wishing to address the Zoning Administrator on any of the regularly scheduled items should fill out and submit a request to speak form (“chit”), which is located at the Clerk’s desk at the front of the Council Chambers. Members of the public and the Applicant Team are permitted to speak for three (3) minutes. The Applicant is permitted one (1) minutes of response time.

A decision on the Zoning Administrator request(s) will not be rendered during the public hearing. Following the public hearing, the Zoning Administrator shall prepare a written decision to approve or deny the request(s). A copy of the written determination shall be made available to all persons that submitted a request to speak form during the public hearing or wrote a letter regarding the variance(s). Copies of determinations are also available on the City’s website: www.santa-monica.org Go to City Hall/ City Department Index/Planning and Community Development/City Planning/Zoning Administrator/Agendas/Determinations.

All decisions of the Zoning Administrator are appealable to the Planning Commission during a fourteen (14) calendar day appeal period following the decision date. Appeal forms are available at the City Planning Public Counter. The appeal filing fee is $222.35.

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