Verbal Communications Council Hearing 2-1-22 Slides
FOUR THINGS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE URGENCY ORDINANCE
HILLSIDE RESIDENTIAL
HR is ‘single family’ and should be added to the “Definitions”.
For HR to be safe, Staff has proposed a good caveat:
“WUI dead-end roads must be 20 ft wide with 13 ft of height clearance”
Note: that 20/13 is currently the SCCFD standard – so I would modify it a little:
“WUI dead-end roads must meet SCCFD’s access standards as to width and
vertical clearance.”
GRADING LIMITATIONS
A ‘Grading Permit’ is not Ministerial.
The Town Grading Limit (without a Grading Permit) is:
“50 yards, plus cut/fill at the house.”
For 2-unit residential developments the exception should be extended to:
“50 yards, plus cut/fill at the house and driveway”
FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT
The 20 ft frontage requirement, with any access corridor to the rear half of a flag lot being held
in ‘Fee Title’ is contrary to the law.
Change the requirement to:
“Access to a Public RoW shall be ‘Fee Title’ or an ingress/egress easement “
And Require:
“All access corridors must satisfy SCCFD emergency access requirements.”
[FLOOR AREA] OPTIONS FOR PARCEL DEVELOPMENT AFTER AN URBAN LOT SPLIT:
Two Modified versions of Staff’s Recommendations should be implemented together:
1. MINISTERIAL REVIEW: Objective Standards would apply to both homes and the FAR would
be capped at the Standard FAR limit – exactly as proposed by the original draft ordinance
but requiring one house to be built at a max of 1,200 ft per Council’s suggestion at the Dec
22nd hearing.
“Apply the 1,200 square ft limit to only the first dwelling unit of a 2-unit
residential development. The 2 units together may not exceed the Standard
FAR for the lot.”
2. ARCHITECTURE AND SITE REVIEW: Design Review Standards and Guidelines would apply
for the first house at Standard FAR rules with the second house following existing ADU
rules [with an 800 sq ft minimum per SB-9].
“Maintain the A&S review process with FAR limitations based on Lot Size as
an option for the development of an Urban Lot. A second home would be
limited by the larger of the ADU size constraints for the lot or 800sq ft.”
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