HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-18-1979 City Council Minutes MINUTES
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Wednesday, JUly 18, 1979 7:30
PLACE: Saratoga City CounCi~ Chambers, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, Calif.
TYPE: Regular Meeting
AGENDA " ACTION TAKEN
I. ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION
A. ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmembers
Callon, Matteoni, Kraus
Absent: CSr~i'~alb
B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
None.
II. COMMUNICATIONS ' CO~UNICATIONS
A. ORAL
1. John Weir, 12343 A~royo.. Acknowledged.
de Arguello, urgin~ Council
not to approve grading per-
mit on Parker development
untilapproval received
from other parties.
III. SUBDIVISIONS, BUILDING SITES, SUBDIVISIONS, BUILDING SITES,
ZONING REQUESTS ZONING REQUESTS
A. CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST BY Mr. HeisS advised the Council he
WILLI~ E..HEISS, CIVIL is awaiting the. encroachment per-
ENGINEER, JENNINGS-MCDERMOTT- mit from SoUthern Pacific, and
HEISS, INC., FOR AUTHORI- also, final approval from the
ZATION OF A GRADING PERMIT Fremont Union School District for
FOR TRACT ~6526 (PARKER RANCH) an easement on this developmept.
It was the concensus of the Council
to continue this matter to the
regular meeting of August 1, 1979.
IV. PETITION$~ ORDINANCES~ AND PETITIONS, ORDINANCES, AND
RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS
A.- RESOLUTION 908 (Cqnt'd. 7/10) The Council discussed the item
of re-'upholstery of furniture and
A RESOLUTION APPROVING BUDGET replacement of a bookcase at the
FOR CITY OF SARATOGA FOR Community Center for $2,150, and
FISCAL YEAR 1979-80 it was determined this should be
included.
M/S: Matteoni/Callon to adopt
the 1979-80 Budget, as amended,
in the amount of $2,471,830.
Carried unanimously.
IV PETITIONS~ ORDINANCES, AND PETITIONS, ORDINANCES, AND
RESOLUTIONS (Cont'd.) ~ RESOLUTIONS
B. RESOLUTION 780-8 M/S: Matteoni/Kraus to adopt
Resolution 780-8, as proposed
A RESOLUTION ALTERING AND by staff. Carried unanimously.
ESTABLISHING FEE SCHEDULE
C. CONSIDERATION 0F'1979-80 M/S: Callon/Matteoni to approve
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM th~'1979-80 Capital Improvement
Program as proposed. Carried
unanimously.
V. PUBLIC,HEaRINGS ~ ~ PUBLIC HEAilNGS7
A. TO CONSIDER APPEAL BY GE~RALD ViCki Rudin o~~ the Planning staff
AND JUDITH BUTLER OF PLANNING outlined the basis of this appeal,
COMMISSION DECISION PZLATIVE and the reason for Planning
· . TO REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO Cornmission denial of the tentative
TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP ON map.(staff. report 7/18/79).
THEIR LANDS, VICKERY AVE.
(12 LOTS) (SD-1418 The Mayor then declared the public
hearing open at 8:25 P.M.
Don Beardsley, Ruth of Going, Civil
Engineers and Planners, repre-
senting Mr. and Mrs. Butler, urged
~hat the Council consider the
decision made by the Planning'
Commission relative to this matter.
This would involve 4 homes taking
access to Vickery, and 8 homes
taking access out to Lira Drive,
if and when Lira Drive was ever
extended.
Mr. Beardsley indicated that the
property under consideration is
an 18-acre parcel. 8 units
take access out to Lira Drive.
He indicated that back in early
1977, Mr. Butler entered into an
agreement to purchase this portion
of a parcel of land owned by David
Arata. He filed a tentative map
which proposed to extend Lira Drive
onto this property and cul-de-sac
it. At the time the map was filed,
the staff reviewed the application
and determined that because there
was a large parcel of 'land that was
landlocked for ultimate development,
that Lira Drive should not be bulbed
off, but should be extended to the
edge of the Arata property across
land~ of San Jose Water Works and
onto the Young property for
primary access. The tentative
subdivision map was approved in
that fashion. When Mr. Arata
failed to fulfill the conditions
of the escrow, Mr. Butler filed
suit to force the closing of escrow.
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IV. PUBLI~ HEARINGS(Cont'd.) PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. TO.CONS'IDER APPEAL BY GERALD Mr. Beardsley commented that what
AND JUDITH BUTLER OF PLANNIN( is being asked tonight in no way
COMMISSION DECISION RELATIVE changes the original intent of
TO[REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO approval of the tentative sub-
TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION }IAP ON division map as it was approved
! THEIR LANDS, VICKERY AVE. last December. IfLira Drive is
(1~ LOTS) (SD-1418) never extended, the 8 lots in the
second unit would never be developed.
, we were to develop all 12' lots at
t .developer filed once, with the front four lots
them~p for the Young property, taking their access to Vickery.
the courts'had issued a
memorandum of a de~ision which Councilwoman Callon: Have you
was ~n favor of Mr. Butler. negotiated to the point where
The decision o'f the court has you have permission and docu-
be ~ppealed bX Mr.' and Mrs. mentatio~?
1 r ~i not Mr,. BeardSley replied that what
be extended for some time. they have is.a letter of intent
They ~ave, therefore, asked to Mr. and Mrs. Butler to grant
for reconsideration of the./~'!' t~e'~econdary access which would
~ or~g nal approval of the tenta~ remain in effect until Lira Drive
allow.
tive ~ap which would is extended.
the Idevel0pment of. 4' lotS,' '
takin~ access to V~'ckery Ave.~ '~MayorK~a~!~-%I~nJt_i~,it true that
and ultimately~,to, Lo~ita, and
'~' leaveI the remaining,lotsun- the Planning 'C'ommiss'ion was con-
" cerned a~out not allowing any
~-.developed untilthe question more homes to exit Onto Vickery
of Li~a DriVe is. resolved. ~.~ AvenUe than there are at the
Mr. B ardsley indicated they present t~me?
have ~egotiated with.the . ~. Beardsley replied this was a
Christian Science Church, '
concern of the Planning Commission.
owner~of an adjacent parcel
of la~d, to provide'for a ~yor Kraus: Isn't it true that
.secondary a6cess With the in effect, we have two additional
existing homes on ViCkery homes that will be exiting on
and the 4 added, there would Vickery.Avenue?
be a ~otal of 15 lots on a
c 1 d s and theX would be
M~i!~ Be~rdsley stated this is true.
pr6viHing an emergency access.
'1 Mayor Kraus: Is it a possibility
He further commented that
when ~his item was to be- that'Lir. a Drive Will never be
· ~ extended and we would face the
co ~ered by the Planning
CommiSsion,, the staff report fact we may always have these two
~ additional-home~?
recommended den'ial of this
p jest'. The purpose for the
ro
denial was'that~15 housing' Mr~ Beardsley'agreed with this;
should have a primary and
units~ however, he pointed out that. the
a secondary access, or emergency significant difference, should Lira
~ Drive never be extended, is that
.access. Since this staff re-
port had come to them only Lira Drive will be provided with
2 day~ before the Planning an emergency access. He further
.C6mmi~sion Meeting, it did not commented he had written a letter
give [hem enough time to re- - fbr~an~ad~&~tance to the Subdivision
spond[to the staff's conc'erns
~ Ordinance which allowed the
nor negotiate for the emer-
gencylaccess. Therefore, 'a Planning Commission to app.rove this
day b~fo~e the Planning Conrnission map. It was his understanding when
,~eet~~--~-~I~k~d~_~.~{~ he wrote this letter that if you
i~em g'~ ~8~ont{~ue~. "~o~e~er have a 50-lot ~ubdivision, and two
~ ' ' ' of those lots took their.access
this request was not granted,
and the item denied. via a minimum access road to the
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS · (.Cont' d. ) .~ PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. T0 CONSIDER APPEAL BY GERALD (Virginia Laden)
AND JUDITH BUTLER OF~
CgMMISSION DECISION RELATIVE Conmission's knowledge of what was
TO REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO happening, unless Lira Drive were
T~NTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP ON constructed, under any circumstances,
T~IEIR'LANDS, VICKERY AVE. the Planning Commission would not
(.12 LOTS) (SD~1418' approve two additional. homes to
~ access off of Vickery, whether
(Mr. ~eardsley)' ' secondary access or emergency access
~ had been obtained becaus~ in fact
s.ubdi~ision, 'that'a minimum Vickery is a private 'road with
acces~ road would be required. already more impact than private
The Subdivision Ordinance roads have been allowed to have.
states that "all lots in a major The sTecondary access which
ubd'~ision must take their Mr. Beardsley has discussed would
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acces~ via a public street,." have made no difference in the
He..st~ted that the purpose for Planning Conmission's decision.-
the e~ception to the ordinance
which~was subsequently granted Councilman Matteoni cor~nented
by th~ Planning CommisSion .wa~ that he felt it might be appropriate
to c~rcumvent that quirk. to .grant this kind of continuance
. ~ . ~ ............. ~q~ request in the future.
'~in~i.th~ ~lari~'~a~on''~' ments are well taken.
relative to the difference be- Councilwoman Callon inquired why
tween'a private road and the th~ City'does not permit more than
proposed Lira Drive, which 4 homes on a pri~ate street. She
would, be a city standard street,. indicated she does not understand
a cul~de-sac with 15 homes. private versus public numbers.
The Planning Con~nission did
approve lots 4 and 5, which Mr. Trinidad, Assistant Director
the Butlers are asking of Public Works~ indicated that
approval to buil8 upon, on the'Ordinance has always been'
the p~edication that this clear that a major s.ubdivision
could not develop on'a pri~ate
total map woul8 be accom-
plished. That would mean the road. It further states that a
present two Oliver~ residences subdivision lot must take acces's'
would~exit onto Li~ Drive, on apublic street, however, in
which would be a public street subdivisions of 4 or less.lots~
and e~uated into the 15 ho~es. t~e PIa~ning C6mmission may ~pprove
That ~emoval Of the 'two the division of la~d. They have
Olive~i residences from Vickery allowe'd some minor division on
wouldl allow for two additional Pike without making it become a
residences to exit onto Vickery. public s. treet'. In this case, i.t
The Commission's trade off in ~is..an old private.road -= it did
allowing lots 4 and 5 wa~ that have,more than 4, but the
in fa'ct the Oliveri homes would Shbdivision Ordinance indicates
'access off of Lira, that 4 at a time could be permitted
if the Planning Commission so
Counc'ilman Matteoni indicated allowed. In this case, since it
was a major ~uBdivision,'the
he q~estions the procedure ;'~ Commission first had to find an
of t~e Planning Commiss{on ~ ~ -
relat'ion to hearing~ re- exception to the ordinance. They
ques~jfor continuance. made the determination that they
would make no additional, but since
Ms. ~aden commented that the 2 already had access to a private
Commi'ssion moved to deny the road, they would allow the same
request .i~ ...... ~{r~_6~e number access to private road, and
"'-i%~-~-'-.F-~--'~.: the 20liveri-~ites would have to
take access off the public street.
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'PUBLICHEARINGS ~
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont'd. ' 'C (-Mr. Smith - cont'd.)
A. TO CONSIDER'APPEAL'BY GEKALD In this case, a secondary or
AND JUDITH BUTLER OF~NG· emergency access is being p~ovided.
COMMISSION DECISION RE IATIVE .Therefore, it seems the policy
TO REQUEST FOR A~NDMENT TO pertaining to 15 lots on a'cul-de-
TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAPON sac has been met by this application.
THEIR LANDS,. VICKERY AVE.
· With reference to 'the dis.cussio~
(12 LOTS) (SD-1418) '-
and concern about a subdivision not
Mr. Beardsley commented that in being approved with more than 4
reference to the environmental lots on a minimum access streets,
· impact report for this project, this has to be taken in L~2.~contexts.
which was found complete by the First, it says "a subdivision of
City at the time they proces.sed 4 or less lots to front on a minimum.
their map, and this generally access street." In this particular
states there areno existing application, there are only 4 lots
operational problems on the proposed, 2. of which already access
residential streets in the ~_~i~ 'onto the minimum access road. If
site vicinity. Traffic flow you deal with these 4 and ignore
is generally maintained at every other parcel of property that
service levels A and B. currently accesses or uses that
Traffic approaching Saratoga- private road, this does satisfy the
Los Gatos Road.on either Subdivision Ordinance. He pointed
Vickery or Montalvo is sub- out there Are already 13 homes that
ject to some delay during use this minimum road without any
peak periods. Traffic flow means of secondary access. There-
during peak hours'is generally fore, what is being asked is to'
at service level C. 'The in- trade the 15 with an emergency
crease on Vickery Avenue would access road, versus maintaining
b'e 5.3 percent between Saratoga- the status quo of 13 without any
Los Gatos Road a~d'Lomita Ave. kind of emergency access.
Increases on Saratoga-Los Gatos
Road would be less than 1 p&r-. .Mr. Smith stated t~e applicant
cent. Traffic increments in the~ef0re feels they have satis-
these ranges will have little- fied the policy of not having more
or no impact on 'operating than 15 on a cul-de-sac without
conditions.' Mr. Beardsley providing secondary access, and
indicated that at one time secondly, they have met the standards
they had a court order for a subdivision of 4 or less on a
assuring that Lira Drive minimum access road, and the situation
would be extended; they are is being benefited bI the addition
now asking the Council to of the hopefully temporary emergency
reconsider this. access, which would be alleviated
when Lira Drive is extended.
David Smith, Attorney.repre-
senting Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Councilwoman Callon: If this w&re
indicated he believes there ~ allowed to go through, would the
may still be some confusion City have offers to make this a
relative to 15 lots on a cul- public street?
de-sac and 4 on a minimum
access street. He commented Mr. Trinidad replied he does not
that 15 lots on a cul-de-sac believe this was a condition
derives from a policy of the as it is clear at this time that
City, which indicates not ~s if this develops this way, there
a mandate, but simply as a would never be an opportunity to
matter of policy~ matters. of make it a public street·
subdivisions with cul-de-sac
design or dead-end design will Mr. Beardsley again addressed the
not be approved for 15 lots or Council stating that they did
more unless there is a means consider Vickery Avenue as a princi-
of secondary accesS. pal access to the subdivision 4 or
5 ye~s ago. However, the staff
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IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS (COntjd.) ,, PUBLIC. HEARINGS
A. TO CONSI~ER.APPEA"BY~GERALD ." (Mr. Beardsle~)'
-AND JUDITH BUTLER OF.PLANNING
COMMISSION DECISION RELATIVE published a circulation study
TO REQLrEST FOR A~ZND~ENT TO' indicating that Lira Drive would
TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP ON be ext,ended and serve this property.
THEIR LANDS, VICKERY AVE.' So they had no choice. At one
(12 LOTS) (SD-1418) time, they offered to bring
Vickery Avenue up to public road
standards within the present
right-of-way.
-' M/S: Mat'teoni/Callon to close
: the public hearing. Carried
unanimously. The public hearing
was closed at 9:06,P.M.
Councilwoman Callon: If the policy
on private streets had been
abrogated already and sh~ were
to support granting Unit 1 building
approval, it would haveto be. with
the condition that when the other
8 units went in, ~ti'6r~
time a~'Li~ D~iv~ became avail-
able. Therefore, if the council
could.resolve the private street
issue in favor of the applicant,
she would still have to condition
that ox¥~some kind of firmer
cormnit~ent to a continuing
emergency access until such time
as another emergency access could'
be found.
M/S: Matteoni/Call0n to
continue this matter for 2 weeks
to allow further consideration of
the City's policy relative to
secondary access for 15 units on
a cul-de-sac. Carried unanimously.
IV. PUBLIC"HEARINGS Cont'd..) PUBLIC HEARINGS
B. TO CONSIDER APPEAL BY WADE AND Vickie Rudin of the Pla_n~n~ng
DOROTHY SHORTER OF PLANNING staff ~outli~Fd Z~h~ckgr6~d
CO}~ISSION DECISION RELATIVE C~i~thi~'~Spo~d-iddit~n
TO GP NTING OF USE PERMIT FOR -
CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND STORY -findin~in gran~f~'~'approv~I'.
ADDITION AT 14330 LUTHERIA WAY (memorandum dated 7/18179).
(UP-415, DAVI~) She indicated'a major point~f
contention ~l[d~Yo_'~.>{[~[~
appeal'seems'~t~'5~'~M~f~r-
pretation of the intent of the
ordinance.with respect to the
natur~ of the structure which
- exists across from the structure
~ to which the second story would
be added. It is the interpre-
tation of staff that if an
adjacent structure is already a
second story structure, then it
is 'permitted to add a second
story.to the structure that is
making the application.
The Ma~or opened the public
hearing at 9:22 P.M~
The Mayor acknowledged an item
of correspondence from
Roberta Worden, 20211 LaPaloma,
stating no objection to the
granting of construction of a
second story addition.
Wade Shorter, 14320 Lutheria Way,
commented they are perplexed and
disturbed by the unilateral
decision by the Planning Director
. to grant a permit' for a second
story'jaddition to the property
~ contiguous tO theirs. The
.... ' purpose and res,trictions of
Zoning Ordinance NS-3.31 are.
~to ~e- ~o ~l~6'P~t~s a:' l~sted.'~n'd'&r
~Se~t:~ ?f6~'l~"wh {~&""~rd~ ~ uB~i fy
~r p~i.~a variance. There are
no qhestions which involve
differences of 6pinion.
Mr. Shorter commented that the
staff report, dated 7/18/79,
is evasive as it.relates to the
purpose and restrictions of
Ordinance NS-3.31. Paragraph 8
relating to invasion of privacy
is highly inaccurate, to say the
least. Further, there is com-
plete omission of the fact that
a fine view of the crest of the
Sant~ CruZ. Mountains is obliterated.
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IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Cont.'d.) PUBLIC HEARINGS
B. TO CONSIDER ApPeAL BY WADE AND (Mr. Davis)
DOROTHY SHORTER.OF PLANNING
COmmISSION DECISION RELATIVE 'the Planning Director what
TO GRANTING OF~USE PERMIT FOR specific objections he had of
'CONSTRUCTIDN OF A SECOND the design of the second'story,
STORY ADDITION AT 14330 and he had indicated none --
LUTHERIA WAY (UP-415, DAVi~ that i~ was basically a well
designed addition and hE did not
Mrs. Shorter commented relative have any specific objections.
to the correspondence from
Roberta Worden, indicating thatI As far as the wind is concerned,
Ms. Worden rents the home on Mr. Davis stated there would be
LaPalbma and'does not live'there. some reduction, but the addition
" is planned to be 50 feet on a
Anthony Davis, 14330 Lutheria Way, 250-foot long lot, so it covers
made reference to Mr. Shorter's approximately 20 percent. of the
letter, and'spedifically ,the' lotlength, and that lea~es a
4 points that he lists. With lot of room for wind to go
regard to invasipn of privacy, around.
he would.agree there is some --. In closing, Mr. Davis stated it
it is impossible to do .anything is not possible to do anything
to any extent that does not on an 80-foot lot without a
create some reduction of privacy reduction of privacy. Further,
of the neighbors. However, the,. he pointed out the primary prob-
design was.put together with lem is a 1,600 sq. feet home
this thought in mind. The which is significantly smaller
windows on the side facing.the th~n other homes in the area
Shorters are small, and there which run 2,300 to 2 500 sq. ft.
are no windows to the rear.. '
There is a significant amount of Mayor Kraus asked Mr.'Davis if
landscaping along the prgperty the~.Shorter house sits closer
line, and the Planning Director to the street than theirs.
made it a condition that.
additional landscaping would be Mr. Davis repliedl'they are about
put in.
. ~ ~ the sa~e.
. As far as privaey f 'e d: d r?
t~d[~h~!t{~'~lea~I~6'~'~ow.. M~yor' Krahs..asked' ~here' the
~e~'i~'~i~'screen fence 4 addition starts.
feet high, and when .the Shorters . .
are in the back ya~d~0~ 't~ey. are Mr. ~ayi~ i~eplied it/is the entire
in the back yard,"they can hear back section.
each other's conversations and
can see everything each other Mrs. Shorter commented that as
does. Mr. Davis stated it would far as p~ivacy is concerned, the
be his intention to put in a youngster was on top of the roof
Ifence and addi~i6nal landscaping fixing the antennae yesterday,
so they would actually end up and he could look right into the
with more privacy. Shorters' house. Therefore, this
invasion would invade their
Mr. Davis indicated that the view privacy -- their master bedroom,
from the Shorters' house has to den, kitchen and'dining areas which
be a very limited view -- there is .face the new addition.
a 7-foot hedge, and additionally,
they have placed awnings' which Councilman Matteoni commented'he
cover the. top,third or hald of the feels it would be beneficial for
windows'. the Council to view this property,
particularly the 2 side yard
As far as aesthetic appearance, widths, and also, elevations.
when Mr. Shorter was askedby
M/S: ¢allon/Matteonito continue
the public hearing for 2 weeks.
Carried unanimously.
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VI. BIDS AND C6NTtACTS BIDS AND CONT'RAC~S
VII CONSENT CALENDAR ~, CONSENT CALENDAR
A. SALE OF SURPLUS CITY EQUIPFREN% M/S: Callon/Matteoni to approve
1. Approve li. st of surplus the Consent Calendar. Carried
items to.be ~old unanimously.
2. Adopt ResOlution 905
A Resolution 0f the City
of Saratoga Authorizing
the Sale of Surplus '
Property
3.Approve Public Notice of
Sale
B. FINAL ACCEPTANCES
1.SDR 1286-87, Saratoga Ave.
(Baroni Court)
2. SDR 1309, Quito Road
®Adopt Resolution
SDR 1309-2
3. Tract 5923, Chester Ave.
·Adopt Resolution
36-B-187
4. Tract 5927, Dguglass Lane
·Adopt Resplution
36-B-188
C. CONSTRUCTION ACCEPTANce
1. SDR 1307, Saratoga Federate
Church, 20390 Park Place
D. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
E. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT
F. CITY CLEP%'S FINANCIAL REPORT
Rece'ss and reconvene
VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE ~TTERS AR~INISTRATIVE ~TTERS
A. MAYOR
1. Letter from City of Ezampbell Costs of this emergency service
Re: Emergency Services will be sent to each city.
being handled'by the County
2. Letter from SuperviSor Council concensus to write a
Diridon sent to the Transit letter to I.C.C. to not abandon
Board re: abandonment of this service.
S.P. cormmuter service.
B. COUNCIL & COMMISSION REPORTS COUNCIL & CO~ISSION REPORTS
None~
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VIII, ADMINISTRATIVE M~'~TERS (:Cont ~'h .') ADMINIST~RATI~E MATTERS'
. C. DEPART}~NT HEADS & OFFICERS
1. Planning Director Report Re Vicki Rudin of. the Planning staff
Request of Mr. Robert provided background informa-tion
Van der toorren, Planning concerning this request, She
Consultant, for Building advised that the Land Use
Department t6 lift stop Committee met on the site on
work order on project at July 2nd and formulated an
14462 Black Walnut Court alternative to this plan...ThisI
was to remove the paving to'
wfthin feet of the property line.
.A further~jcondition would be to'
create a landscape buffer and
install a fence 6. feet in height.
The 15~foot setback would meet~
the minimum requirement for the
recreational court'ordinance~
The Commission had considered
the issue of whether the paved
area actually is part of the
total recreational court or not.
It.was the judgement of the
Planning Commission'that part
of the use of the paved area is
a recreational court,.and there-
.-. fore, this would require a use
-' permit.
Mayor Kraus inquired if the
original perr~it for this plan
included the area outlined as
· a sports court.
Mrs..Rudin indicated that.as she
understands it, it did.
Mayor Kraus~ote~ that the original
permit was 32 x 70 feet. This is
'~0.x 74 feet, and it does not look
in proportion.
William Butlrer, representing
Mr. Oberhauser, applicant,.explained
thatthe permit' as originally issued
was for an area 32 x 70 feet. The
area was expanded for the s~ecific
purpose of the creation of the
.. patio area by 8.feet at the bottom
portionof the overhead drawing-.
and 4 feet tothe side. The
sport court itself covered a
· portion of what the original per-
mit would have allowed to have
been installed. The question is
'~ .. whether or not'a homeowner can
.~. put'in a patio which encroaches'
upon a side yardswithout a r~quest
-!~ '. . ': for a'use permit.
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'VIII. ADMIN~STP~TIVE MATTERS (Cont'd. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
C. DEPARTMENT HEADS & OFFICERS
1. Planning Director Report The City Attorney pointed out that
Re: Request of ~. Robert. ,what ~. Butler is describing
Van der toorren, Planning this evening was not presented to
Consultant, for Buildihg' the Planning Cormnission when the
Departmene to lift stop work application for the use permit
order on project at 14462 . was made. The Planning Conmission
Black Walnut Court and Building Department act upon
......... ~the set of plahs that are approved,
~(~!.~'~' '~ '~" ~'~' '~{~this set of plans shows fences
..... ~ ' ......... ~ ....~ ......~=~'~. ~/11 4 sides, around the sport
He'inquired' if one dges not need court.
a permit.to put in a patio and
he has a permit for 'a sport'~ ~ It was ~he Council's concensus
,court, but intends to. expand the that a revised .plan with a dotted
patio, does someone in the line delineating the additional
Planning or Inspection Department area of'i~patio and the area to
have the right tO say, "I don't be carpeted be presented for the
believe you."? His client has Planning Commission to consider.
decided to extend his patio,
which is the perimeter area Mr. Butler indicated his applicant
for which he does not need a would submit alterations to show
permit. Therefore, he feels the increased size and the
the stop order is inappropriate. different. cove~ing.
and should. be lifted.
Mayor Kraus expressed a concern
relative to property to the'
.east 5-6 feet below this prop'erty
with respect-to drainage.
He 'then inquired ~at.the staff'~
reaction would be to putting in-
door carpeting on the,patio.
Mr. Wimberly, D{rector of ~'
Inspection Services, explained.
that when the department re-
ceive~ a plan, it is requested
all the work that is going to
take place on the lot be in-
cluded. If the plan had
included a surface being
different or a fence being
different, a stop order Would
not hav~ been issued.'
Mr. Van der toorren. clarified ~
that the patiolwas planned
5efore the applicatio~ was made
for the sport court, and at that
time, it was planned to put in
another surface. Cost factors
influenced the.Owners to con-
sider carpet instead.
Secondly, the fence between the
sport court area to the east
only 3 feet high, which is re-
quired be&ause there is a 2-
step down into the sport court.'
,Additionally~ there is a 6-foot
front and back yard fence.
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VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE.MATTERS ~(Cont%d.).~ . ADMINISTRATIVE MATTEP~
D. CITY MANAGER
1. ~p6rt Re: Lighting · ~, ~ The City Managgr presented his
Districts and?Park Maintenance report~ d=ated July 13, 1979, in
Districts which'~it 'is requested the City
c Council approve' an order to
l- ~. PG&E.requeSting a temporary
,~ ,. ~ turn-off of those lights within
.' the Quito Lighting District and
Azule Lighting District.
M/S: CalloB/Matteoni to direct
the staff 'to notify residents
in these two lighting districts
informing them of the fact that
funding for financing these
lights is running out, and the
City is attempting to seek'
alternate funding,-and also
indicating a reasonable time
period in which to come .up with
a resolution. Carried unanimously.
E. ACKNOW~LEDGE~NT OF PUBLIC
GROUP REPRESENTATIVE~ ~%~a 6~;~f~ilo~g pu ic
bl
group representatives:
Virginia Laden, Planning Commission
Shelly Williams, Planning Commission
Sally Carlso~ (served coffee)
IX. ADJOURNMENT ADJOURBR~NT
M/S: Callon/Matteoni to adjourn
to an Executive Session. Carried
unanimously. The meeting was
adjourned at 11:00 P.M.
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