HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2357 RESOLUTION NO: 2357
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA UPHOLDING A DECISION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION
WHEREAS, JOE WALLER and DAVID ZICOVICH, the applicants, have
applied to the City of Saratoga for design review approval to construct a 247 square
foot addition to a single family residence located at 14035 Saratoga Avenue, such
application being identified as A-1198, and
WHEREAS, on May 28, 1986, the Planning Commission of the City of
Saratoga conducted a public hearing on said application, and following the conclusion
thereof, the Planning Commission denied the application; and
WHEREAS, said property was sold by the applicants to Michael G. Rosa and
Andrea T. Rosa, the appellants~ and
WHEREAS, the appellants have appealed the decision of the Planning
Commission to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the appellants submitted a revised drawing to the City Council
providing for an addition of 120 square feet; and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 1986, the City Council conducted a de novo public
hearing on the appeal, at which time any person interested in the matter was given an
opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed and considered the staff reports,
minutes of proceedings conducted by the Planning Commission relating to said
application, and the written and oral evidence presented to the City Council, in
support of and in opposition to the appeal, including the modified plan submitted by
the appellants,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga, at its
meeting on July 2, 1986, by a vote of 4-1 with Councilmember Peterson dissenting, did
resolve as follows:
1. The appeal from the Planning Commission was denied and the
decision of the Planning Commission was affirmed.
2. Notwithstanding the modified plan submitted by the appellants, the
City Council was still unable to make the finding required by the
design review ordinance that the proposed addition will minimize the
perception of excessive bulk and win be compatible in terms of
height and bulk with other homes in the immediate vicinity. The site
is substandard in size, consisting of only 5,276 net square feet in an
R-I-20,000 zoning district. The original structure, without the
addition, is 2,441) square feet, having been reduced to that size by the
Planning Commission as a condition of the design review approval
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granted by the Commission for such original structure. The site has
therefore been fully developed with the existing structure and cannot
reasonably accommodate any further additions thereto without
creating excessive bulk.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 16th day of July, 1986,
by the following vote:
AYES: Counci]net~rs Anderson, Clevenger, MEryles, Peterson, and Mayor Hlava
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None ~~ ~_ ~ (1 _
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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