SR-03-27-1979-7ASanta p4onica, California, March 14, 1979
TO: Mayor and City Council
PAAR 2 7 1979
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Appeal Tentative Tract Map No. 36447, 9 Unit
Condominium Conversion, 837 - 10th Street, R3,
W & J Renner
Introduction
This is an appeal from the Planning Commission's denial of
an application for a Tentative Tract Map for a condominium
conversion.
Background
The applicants own a 12 year old 10 unit apartment with 11
parking spaces at 837 - 10th Street in the R3 District. On
November 17, 1978 they filed a Tentative Tract Map to convert
the apartment to condominiums. In order to meet the minimum
parking requirements for conversion they propose to add three
additional parking spaces and reduce the units from 10 to 9 by
combining two 1 bedroom units into a large 2 bedroom unit. Tr7ith
14 parking spaces and 9 units the building qualifies under the
City's Condominium Conversion Ordinance as a Category II structure
in that 12 parking spaces per unit were provided. The revised
parking plan which contains no tandem spaces was approved as ac-
ceptable by the Traffic Engineer.
On March 5, 1979 the Planning Commission denied the application
on the basis that two of the new parking spaces situated at the
end of the parking aisle required that the cars back out the
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Mayor and City Council
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entire length of the building and onto 10th Street. The motion
to deny was approved by a 4 - 3 vote. The applicants have ap-
pealed this decision to the City Council.
Alternatives
Under Section 9314 of the Santa P4onica Subdivision Ordinance the
City Council may over-rule or modify any ruling or determination
of the Planning Commission in regard to any subdivision. The
City Council therefore has the alternatives of determining that
the proposed parking plan is unacceptable and deny the appeal or
that the parking plan is acceptable and grant the appeal thereby
over-ruling the Planning Commission.
Recommendation
In the absence of any indication that the action of the Planning
Commission in disapproving the proposed parking design was unrea-
sonable, arbitary or not in accordance with established ordinances,
it is respectfully recommended that the determination of the Plan-
ning Commission be upheld and the appeal denied.
Prepared by: James Lansford
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