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File #: 14-0385    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 9/2/2014 Final action: 9/2/2014
Title: Appeal of the Planning Commission's Approval of an Amendment to an Approved Coastal Development Permit and Minor Exception to Construct a Roof Deck on an Existing Single Family Residence with a Non-Conforming Front Setback at 121-20th Street (Plache) (Community Development Director Thompson). CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. PC 14-10, 2. July 9, 2014, PC Staff Report & Attachments, 3. July 9, 2014, PC Draft Minutes, 4. Appeal Notice of PC Decision
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager

FROM:
Richard Thompson, Community Development Director
Jason Masters, Assistant Planner

SUBJECT:Title
Appeal of the Planning Commission's Approval of an Amendment to an Approved Coastal Development Permit and Minor Exception to Construct a Roof Deck on an Existing Single Family Residence with a Non-Conforming Front Setback at 121-20th Street (Plache) (Community Development Director Thompson).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct the Public Hearing, and uphold the Planning Commission decision in Resolution NO. PC 14-10, approving the project subject to certain conditions.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.

BACKGROUND:
The Planning Commission decision was placed on the August 12, 2014 City Council agenda to receive and file. At that meeting, a City Council member called the matter up for review and requested that the item be scheduled for a public hearing.
The application is a request for an Amendment to the approved Coastal Development Permit and Minor Exception to construct a roof deck on the third level of an existing 2-story single family residence with a non-conforming front setback at 121-20th Street. Structural modifications are needed to modify the existing nonconforming front setback to tie the new roof deck into the existing house which requires a Minor Exception. A Coastal Development Permit is required since the project included a greater than ten percent addition and the project site is within the appealable area of the Coastal Zone, where a decision is appealable to the State Coastal Commission. A Public Hearing was held on July 9, 2014, at which time the Planning Commission approved Resolutio...

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