Item 4 - Exhibit 02 - Required Findings and ConsiderationsN:\DEV\FINDINGS\2019\Shady View Lane 16336 PC appeal Findings.docx
PLANNING COMMISSION – October 9, 2019
REQUIRED FINDINGS & CONSIDERATIONS FOR:
16336 Shady View Lane
Architecture and Site Application S-18-060
Consider an appeal of a Development Review Committee decision approving a request
for demolition of a single-family residence and construction of a new single-family
residence on property zoned R-1:8. APN 532-03-034.
PROPERTY OWNER: Allan and Katty Coulson
APPLICANT: Lerika Liscano (De Mattei Construction)
FINDINGS
Required findings for CEQA:
■The project is Categorically Exempt pursuant to the adopted Guidelines for the
Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, Section 15303: New
Construction or Conversion of Small Structures.
Required finding for the demolition of a single-family residence:
■As required by Section 29.10.09030(e) of the Town Code for the demolition of a single-
family residence:
1.The Town's housing stock will be maintained as the single-family residence will be
replaced.
2.The existing structure has no architectural or historical significance, and is in poor
condition.
3.The property owner does not desire to maintain the structure as it exists; and
4.The economic utility of the structures was considered.
Required Compliance with the Residential Design Guidelines:
■The project is in compliance with the Residential Design Guidelines for single-family homes
not in hillside residential areas and was reviewed by the Town’s Consulting Architect. The
project is compatible with the immediate neighborhood in terms of size, bulk, and scale.
The proposed two-story residence is adjacent to a two-story home and would not be the
largest or tallest home in the immediate neighborhood. Privacy measures have been taken
in the form of screening trees, window modifications and reductions, and size reductions
and enclosure of one side of a second-story balcony with a screening wall.
EXHIBIT 2
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CONSIDERATIONS:
Considerations in review of Architecture & Site applications:
■ As required by Section 29.20.150 of the Town Code, the considerations in review of an
Architecture and Site application were all made in reviewing this project