A G E N D A

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

 

 

TUESDAY, December 12, 2006                                                            1685 MAIN STREET

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

 

1.         CALL TO ORDER

 

2.         INTRODUCTION

 

3.                  PUBLIC HEARING: Continued from October 10, 2006

 

3-A.     Use Permit 06-010, 1920 Colorado Avenue.  The applicant requests approval of a Use Permit for the addition of antennas and equipment to an existing unmanned wireless telecommunications facility on the roof of a medical office complex located at the south west corner of 20th Street and Colorado Avenue.  The proposed equipment will occupy a 430.66 square-foot screened area with the addition four equipment cabinets on the roof.  A total of two omni antennas will be added to the two existing omni antennas attached to a five foot high roof mounted tri- pod. The proposed antennas do not comply with the requirements for non-parabolic antennas contained in Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.06.110 (a). Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.10.06.110 (b), the Zoning Administrator may approve modifications to the requirements for non-parabolic commercial antenna through the approval of a Use Permit application.  This item was continued from the October 10, 2006 Zoning Administrator hearing.   [Planner: Gina Szilak] Applicant:  Cingular Wireless. Property Owner:  1920 Colorado Inc. 

 

4.         PUBLIC HEARINGS:

 

4-A.     Use Permit 06-011, 320 Wilshire Boulevard.  The applicant requests Use Permit approval for the installation of one (1) parapet mounted omni antenna, one (1) tripod mounted omni antenna along with accompanying equipment cabinets.  The proposed whip and roof mounted tripod antennas are 4 feet 9 inches in height and will be located at the northwest and southwest corners of the building. The proposed equipment cabinets, a total of four (4), will be located on the southeast corner of the roof and will be enclosed behind the existing equipment screen walls.  The proposed non-parabolic antennas do not comply with the requirements of Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.06.110(a). Pursuant to SMMC Sections 9.04.10.06.110(b), the Zoning Administrator may approve modifications to the requirements for parabolic and non-parabolic commercial antennas through the approval of a Use Permit application. [Planner: Ivan Lai] APPLICANT:  Cingular Wireless. PROPERTY OWNER: Scharff Family Trust .

 

4-B.     Use Permit 06-012, 233 Wilshire Boulevard. The applicant requests approval of a Use Permit for the addition of antennas and equipment to an existing unmanned wireless telecommunications facility on the roof of an office complex located at the northwest corner of Third Street and Wilshire Boulevard.  The proposed four equipment cabinets will occupy an area of 216 square-foot screened by an 8 ft. wall.  A total of six panel antennas and one GPS antenna are proposed to be mounted to an existing penthouse.  The proposed antennas do not comply with the requirements for non-parabolic antennas contained in Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.06.110 (a). Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.10.06.110 (b), the Zoning Administrator may approve modifications to the requirements for non-parabolic commercial antenna through the approval of a Use Permit application. [Planner: Gina Szilak] APPLICANT:  Royal Street Communications, LLC. PROPERTY OWNER:   Searise Associates.

 

4-C.     Variance 06-023, 873 Berkeley Street.  The applicant requests approval of a variance to permit a front addition to an existing single-family residence that constitutes a third-story where a maximum of two-stories is permitted.   The first floor of the existing residence is partially located over the garage and is more than three-feet above the property’s average natural grade elevation; therefore, the garage is considered to be the first floor, the existing finished first floor is considered the second floor and the proposed front addition constitutes a third story.  Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.20.10.030 (k), the applicant may request a variance to allow an additional story which would otherwise not be permitted for an existing residential structure if the finished first floor elevation of the existing structure is more than three-feet above average natural grade. . [Planner: Ivan Lai]   APPLICANT:  Philip Vertoch, Vertoch Design Architects, Inc. PROPERTY OWNER:  Larry Leight.

 

4-D.     Variance 06-025, 830 Euclid Street. The applicant requests approval of a variance to permit a proposed addition to a multi-family structure to encroach into the side yard setbacks.  The applicant wishes to construct a 2,527 square foot addition to an existing three unit apartment.  To build such an addition, the project would require that the first and second story addition along the south elevation of the property, encroach 2.6 feet into the minimum side yard and be 3 feet from the side property line.  It would also require a second story addition, to the existing structure along the north elevation, to encroach 3 feet from the side property line and, a new structure along the north elevation to encroach 2 feet into the additional side yard setback.  Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.20.10.030(d)(1), an applicant may request a variance for a modification of yard setbacks when the width of a parcel is thirty-nine feet or less.  The project parcel has a width of 35 feet. [Planner: Dennis Banks] APPLICANT/PROPERTY OWNER:  Maria Levin and Akiva Sherman.

 

4-E.     Variance 06-026, 2009 Montana Avenue. A public hearing will be held by the Zoning Administrator to consider a request for a Variance to allow construction of a new single family dwelling in the R2 Low Density Multiple Residential zone with the following modifications: [1] Allow a 7.16’ front yard setback where 20’ is required; [2] Allow a 5’ north side yard setback and 6.33’ south side yard setback where a minimum 10’ average setback is required; and [3] Allow a rear yard setback of 6.33 were a minimum 15’ setback is required.  These modifications are requested pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.20.10.030 (d)(1) which allows yard modification on parcels having a depth of ninety feet or less.  The subject site has a depth of 60’. [Planner: Gina Szilak]   APPLICANT/PROPERTY OWNER:  Cristina Facio.

 

5.         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 $393.00.

 

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