TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Laurie B. Jester, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Zoning Text Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment Proposal for Detached Condominiums (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
DIRECT PLANNING COMMISSION TO SCHEDULE HEARING ON ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council discuss and provide direction.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
A Zoning Text Amendment requires a deposit of $10,000, and Staff's time to work on the proposed Zoning Text Amendment is billed to the applicant from the $10,000. A $3,040 Environmental Assessment Fee, as well as public notice fees will also be required. Staff has already spent a significant amount of time working with the applicant and there will not be cost recovery from these resources already expended.
BACKGROUND:
Mr. Chris Carey proposes a Zoning Text Amendment and Local Coastal Program (LCP) Amendment to the Residential Condominium Standards found in each respective document. Mr. Carey's proposed amendments will allow him to demolish his condominium and rebuild his home, located at 132 Marine Avenue.
DISCUSSION:
The Residential Condominium Standards (MBMC 10.52.110 and LCP A.52.100- Attachments 1 & 2) state that "all residential condominiums consisting of two (2) units on a single lot which is to be owned in common shall be developed with units which are approximately equal in size and age." Under this statute, the owner of one of two condominiums on a lot could not demolish and rebuild their condominium because the resulting two units would not be "of the same age", as one of the units would be new and the other unit would be the original age.
The Code (MBMC 10.04.030 and LCP A.4.030) defines condominiums as
An estate in real proper...
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