A G E N D A

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007                                                           1685 MAIN STREET

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

 

 

1.         CALL TO ORDER

 

2.         INTRODUCTION

 

3.                  PUBLIC HEARING:

 

3-A.     Wall Height Modification 07FWHM-0004, 1117 San Vicente Boulevard. The applicant is requesting approval of a wall height modification to construct an 8 foot high wall and 5 foot high entrance gate located in the front yard setback area. Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.02.080, fences, walls, or hedges cannot exceed the maximum height of forty-two inches in the required front yard setback area. Ordinance No. 2236 (CCS) permits a height modification above the maximum forty-two inch height limit in the front yard setback area, subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator. [Planner: Ivan Lai]  Applicant/Property Owner: Jonathan Dracup.

 

3-B.     Wall Height Modification 07FWHM-0005, 1801 San Vicente Boulevard. The applicant is requesting approval of a wall height modification to construct a 7 foot high wall and driveway entrance gate located in the front yard setback area. Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.02.080, fences, walls, or hedges cannot exceed the maximum height of forty-two inches in the required front yard setback area. Ordinance No. 2236 (CCS) permits a height modification above the maximum forty-two inch height limit in the front yard setback area, subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator.  [Planner: Ivan Lai] Applicant/ Property Owner: Michael Rosenfeld.

 

3-C.     Fence/Wall Height Modification 07-006,  530 Seventh Street. The applicant requests approval of a modification from the height limits set forth in Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.02.080 to allow the construction of an 8-foot wall within the front yard setback area of an existing single-family residence located in the R1 (Single Family Residential) zoning district where a maximum wall height of 3’-6” is permitted. The proposed 8-foot wall is located along a portion of the front yard area along the southeast corner of the property in order to enclose a proposed swimming pool on the subject site.  Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2236 (CCS), the applicant may request a modification to fence, wall, and hedge heights in the front yard setback area subject to the approval of the Zoning Administrator.  [Planner: Grace Cho] Applicant/ Property Owner:  Martin Greenberger.

 

3-D.     USE PERMIT 07-006, 602 Tenth Street. The applicant requests Use Permit approval to allow the construction of a 18-foot tall, two-story accessory structure located at 602 10th Street which is within the area bounded by Montana Avenue, the northern City limits, Twenty-Sixth Street and Ocean Avenue (North of Montana neighborhood). Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.08.02.040(c), a Use Permit may be requested to allow a two-story accessory building up to a height of 24-feet in the single-family zone in the North of Montana Avenue neighborhood if such building conforms to the development standards set forth in SMMC Section 9.04.13.050. [Planner: Gina Szilak] Applicant: Property Owner: Mario And Anya Romero.

 

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 $406.37.

 

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