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council Mtq: February 27, 1990 :...... V '- -
TO: Mayor and City council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Certification of Statement of Official Action for
Appeal of Planning Commission Condition of Approval for
Conditional Use Permit 89-061 that Requires the
provision of Vehicle Access From a Rear 20 Foot Wide
Alley Instead of From Eighteenth Street as Shown on
Proposed Plans.
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City Council certify the attached
statement of Official Action for the above referenced appeal.
BACKGROUND
After a public hearing, and careful review of the record and
staff recommendation, the City council denied an appeal of the
Planning Commission's approval of a proposal to construct a five
unit condominium subject to a special condition that requires the
provision of vehicle access from a rear 20 foot wide alley
instead of from Eighteenth street as shown on proposed plans.
The City Council denied the appeal and re~lired access from the
alley as stipulated in the Planning Commission approval.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the Council certify the
attached statement of Official Action.
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Prepared by: Wanda Williams, Associate Planner
D. Kenyon Webster, Principal Planner
Paul Berlant, Director of Planning
Planning Division
Community and Economic Development Department
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STATEMENT OF O~PICIAL ACTION
PROJECT
NUMBER: CUP 89-061
LOCATION: 1533 18th street
APPLICANT: Tony Daghighian
APPELLANT: Gregory Bloomfield, Project Architect
REQUEST: Appeal of Planning Commiss ion Condition of Ap-
proval for Conditional Use Permit 89-061 that
Requires the provision of Vehicle Access From a
Rear 20 Foot Wide Alley Instead of From
Eighteenth street as Shown on Proposed Plans.
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
01/16/90
Date.
Approved project based on the following findings
and subject to the conditions below.
Denied.
X Other. Appeal Denied, Planning Commission Action
Upheld.
APPEAL DENIAL FINDINGS
1. The development of vehicle access from the front of a flat
and even surface parcel that abuts a 20 foot wide alley
does not comply with applicable provisions of the "City
of Santa Monica Comprehensive Land Use and Zoning Or-
dinance", and the General Plan in that SMMC Section 9044.8
and General Plan Policy Section 3.4.7 require access from
the alley side, to reinforce the continuity of the
residential streetscape, to preserve onstreet parking, and
to ensure safety of children.
2. The proposed use would impair the integrity and character
of the district in which it is to be located, in that the
area is located within walking distance of pUblic school
facilities and other public facilities that are accessed
by children. The safety of children may be jeopardized by
location of the driveway access on the front of the site.
The development of a residential driveway aisle along
Eighteenth Street may also result in a visually interrup-
ted streets cape and loss of onstreet parking.
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3. The subject parcel is not physically suitable for the type
of land use being proposed, in that it is level, does not
contain a substantial slope, is a standard rectangular
shaped parcel and is located in a fully developed urban
area.
4. The project as proposed would be incompatible with exist-
ing and permissible land uses within the district and the
general area in which the proposed use is to be located,
in that the proposed use does not conform with SMMC Sec-
tion 9044.8 and would not be consistent with the location
of access aisles developed on similar R2 zoned parcels in
the neighborhood.
5. The physical location or placement of the vehicle driveway
aisle is incompatible with and does not relates harmo-
niously to the surrounding neighborhood, in that newer
developments proposed for the surrounding neighborhood
provide alley access to parking areas and therefore rein-
force the continuity of residential streetscape, preserve
onstreet parking and reinforce aesthetic consistency among
residential uses in the R2 District. The proposed project
is significantly different from recently approved and pro-
posed projects and will not reinforce aesthetic consisten-
cy along this block of Eighteenth street.
VOTE
To Deny Appeal.
Ayes:
Nays:
Abstain:
Absent:
Abdo, Genser, Jennings, Katz, Reed, Zane
Finkel,
NOTICE
If this is a final decision not subject to further appeal under
the City of Santa Monica Comprehensive Land Use and Zoning Or-
dinance, the time within which judicial review of this decision
must be sought is governed by Code of civil Procedure Section
1094.6, which provision has been adopted by the City pursuant to
Municipal Code Section 1400. This does not supersede Public
Resources Code Section 21167, which governs the time within which
judicial review of the City'S acts or decisions in connection
with the California Environmental Quality Act must be sought.
I hereby certify that this statement of Official Action accurate-
ly reflects the final determination of the City Council of the
City of Santa Monica.
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2/28/90
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Beth J. Holmes, ASSlstant City Clerk
print name and title
I hereby aqree to the above conditions of approval and
acknowledge that tailure to comply with such conditions shall
constitute grounds for potential revocation of the permit
approval.
Applicant's Signature
Print Name and Title
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