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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-29-1986 City Council Minutes TIH,~: Tuesday, October 29, 1986 - 7:30 pore, P~_C~: Civic Theater, 13777 F~uitvale Avenue TY, I,F-: Adjourned Regular Meeting The meeting was called to order at 7:42 p.m. Roll Call: All Councilm--nhers were present. Staff present: City Attorney, City Manager, Planning Director, Associate Planner Valerle Young 1. P,e~olutio~ of Self-Designation, Razardous l~teriale ~gulatim The pros and cons of adopting the resolution were presented to the City Council by the City Manager and City Attorney. The City Manager recounted the telephone conversation he had held with Dr. Mortell of the County Executive's Office on County intentions to adopt standards for current and future self-designation by cities as provided by State law and the fact that these standards would not be adopted by the Board of Supervisors for several weeks; the issue of ability to self-designate revolving around various legnl interpretations as to whether the deadline for self-designation had already passed or was November 1, 1986. It was the consensus of the City Council that the resolution as written would maximize the City's options and at the same time confirm that authority for regulation had previously been delegated to the County under Chapter 8 of the municipal code. It was moved and seconded by Councilmen Moyles and Councilwoman Clevenger to adopt Resolution 2385. The motion passed 5-0. 2. Second 1/nit Ordinsnce After extensive discussion and review of the proposal by the Good Government Group which had been presented to the City Council at its meeting of October 1986, the Council, by a 3-2 vote with Councilman Moyles and Councilwoman Clevenger dissenting, agreed to allow new second units in the R-l-10,000 zone on the following basis: Minimum lot sizefor a new attached unit 1.25 times the minimum lot size; minimum lot size for a new detached unit 1.6 times the minimum lot size. It was the consensus of the Council to incorporate the surestions proposed by the Good Government Group into the second unit ordinance as appropriate with current findings. The City Attorney was directed to amend the ordinance proposed by the Planning Commission to include the decision made by the Council for introduction at the November 5, 1986, City Council meeting continued public hearing on this matter. The City Council also directed the City Manager to study the requirements, processes and fees under the current ordinance for legalization of existing second units with the intent of simplification with an emphasis on public health and safety standards rather than zoning standards and return with a proposal for modification for review by the City Council. The City Council also discussed the problem of compliance and enforcement of the law and directed the City Manager to study and report on requiring a pre-sale inspection for all real property sold in the City to insure that all property being sold complies with the zoning and building regulations of the City at the time of sale. The City Council held extensive discussion on the various proposals made by staff on the establishment of new residential property development standards. It was the consensus of the City Council that the staff should prepare a conceptual proposal for the Planning Commission and the staff to develop into a 2-10/29/86 comprehensive recommendation which would contain the following features and standards: A. Adopt staff proposal "B" in a modified form. B. Standard roof height for house size limits to be set at 18 feet above grade. C. Maximum house size to be based on a sliding scale of lot size by zoning district using the minimum lot size as the standard for the zone. Scale to adjust house size for lots beth above and below the minimum. D. House size in terms of space to r~n. in constant regardless of house height. E. Maximum roof height allowed to be 26 feet abevegrade. F. Establish a slope penalty as far as allowable house size is concerned similar to that contained in staff proposal G. Establish maximum house size for a 10,000 square foot lot at somewhere between 3,000 and 3,200 square feet using footprint and height formula from staff proposals. H. Create design guidelines booklet similar to that of City of Tiburon for hillside lots. I. Place limits on cut and fill slopes and height of retaining walls to five feet to encourage steppod building pods on steep lots. J. Establish maximum house size for one acre lot at 6,200 square feet using staff-proposed formula. K. Increase setbeck requirements for houses with roofs which exceed a height of 18 feet. L. Leave coverage standards, lot dimensions and standard setbacks as they currently exist. M. Adjust impervious coverage limits to fit overall proposals. N. Minimize PlarmingCommission need to review residential development on a lot by lot basis by re-establishingthe need to seek a variance if any of the new standards are sought to be exceeded. Maximize role of planning staff in approving all residential development which meets new standards. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:55 p.m. Respectfully suhnitted, ~, keac~k