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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/21/1955143 MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955 7.30 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS Commissioners present: Lind, Copelin, Longmoor, Reed, Rudd, Smith, Briggs I Commissioners absent: None Consulting Committee present: Keene " " absent: Hayt®n MINUTES: Minutes of the meeting of March 17, 1955 were approved on motion of Gom. Reed, seconded by Com. Rudd, and carried. VARIANCES Application of Mrs. Ralph E. Smith for a proposed second floor apartment to overhang a distance of 30 inches over double garages into the required V - #218 10 foot rearyard setback, facing a ten (10) foot alley on Lot 14, Block 9, Section 2, Balboa Island, and located at 208 Diamond Ave. City Code Smith, Ralph Section 9103.2 requires a 10 foot rearyard setback measured from the Mrs. center line of the alley. The hearing was declared open. Lot 149 Blk. 9 FINDINGS: The proposed overhang is similar to overhang granted by Variance Section 2 on surrounding properties and in various sections of Balboa Island,-and will not obstruct any movement of traffic in the alley. Balboa Island The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Copelin, seconded by Com. Reed, and carried. Com. Copelin moved that the application be granted, seconded by Com. Rudd, Granted and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wits ALL AYES Application of Mr. & Mrs. Bryant L. Marston for a frontyard setback of ' 69 feet 8 inches on a proposed addition to an existing second floor V - #219 dwelling over double garages on the rear of Lot 9 and adjacent one -half of Lot 11, Block 743, and located at 709 Poppy Ave., Corona del Mar. Marston, Mr.& City Code section 9103.25(a) allows a maximum front setback of 35 feet. Mrs. Bryant L The hearing was declared open. FINDINGS: The original house was constructed prior to the ordinance Lot 9 & J Lot requiring a maximum front setback of 35 feet. The addition would allow ll a larger house and be detrimental to no one. District requirements are Block 743 R-2 and sufficient ground remains on the front protion of the lot to construct a second unit if desired and a double garage-is now existing Corona del Mar facing the alley. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Reed, seconded by Com. Briggs, GRANTED and carried. . Com. Lind moved that the application be granted, seconded by Com. Reed, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES Application of Eric Lundeen for a three (3) foot frontyard setback for V #220 a corner addition to an existing building with a front setback of 3 feet on Lot 28, Block 20, Section 3, Balboa Island, and located at 201 Onyx Lundeen, Eric Ave. City Code Section 9103-.25(a) and District Map #14 require a seven (7) foot front setback on Onyx Ave. Lot 28, Blk. 20 The hearing was declared open. Section 3 FINDINGS, A seven foot front setback is required facing Onyx in Block 20 Balboa Island ' which setback has been observed on lots adjacent to the north in Block 20. The applicants existing living room on the northerly side of the lot has a front setback of three feet. The corner addition in violation has a DENIED 6 ft. 6 inch frontage on Onyx Ave. and a depth of 18 feet along Park Ave., and was constructed under Building Permit #16004 dated January 16, 1955 in violation of Section 9103.25 of Ord. #635. A plan was submitted with the building permit application showing the front setback as five feet 144, instead of the actual three feet as existing and constructed. The Planning Commission cannot condone violations of the. zoning law and can see no hardship involved that can be recognized. The.hearing was closed on motion of Gom. Copelin, seconded by Com. Smith, and carried. Com. Smith moved that the application be DENIED, seconded by Com. Rudd, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES C u Application of Wayne E. Burbank and Orville C. Deardorff for per- t/ - #221 mission to add a third storyplayroom by enclosing an existing sundeck with a roof and walls to an existing two story dwelling Burback, Wayne E.and garage ,tructure. A two story front elevation is proposed and to face Poppy Ave. and the three story elevation to face westerly Deardorff, Orvillen the alley. Property is Lot 7, Block 543, Corona del Mar Tract, at 507 Poppy Ave. Lot 71 Blk. 543 The hearing was declared open. C.D.M. Tract FINDINGS: The existing structure is located on a hillside lot and is one story high fronting on Poppy with a lower story garage facing Granted the alley. The additional 3rd story will enclose an existing sundeck and will not exceed two story height limit facing Poppy Ave. The Planning Commission does not consider the third story to be detri- mental to surrounding or adjacent property due to the contour of the ground. A petition of adjacent property owners containing eleven signatures stating they have no objections to the Variance were received and no objections were presented. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Lind, seconded by Com. Reed, and carried. Com. Reed moved that the application be granted, seconded by Com. .kind, and carried by the following roll call vote.-to-wit: ALL AYES Application of Constance Burnham to allow a rectangular corner V - #222 parcel with a 40 foot frontage on Balboa Blvd., a 100 foot depth along F Street, and an area of,4,000 square feet, subdivided by metes and Burnham, Constancebounds by a previous owner to be recognized and used as a legal building site. City Code Section 9103.35 requires a minimum width set over to of 50 feet and an area of 5,000 square feet for corner lots in the next meeting Balboa Peninsula area. The property is located on the southwest corner of Balboa Blvd. and 'IF" St., at 1327 E. Balboa Blvd. On motion of Com. Smith, seconded by Com. Rudd, and carried, this application was set over to the next meeting in order that the property can be surveyM. Application of the Irvine Co. and the Macco Corp. for staggered V - #223 frontyard setbacks to conform with the existing architecturally controlled development of Irvine Terrace Tracts #1700 and 1701, Irvine Co. and located between last Coast Highway and Bayside Drive east of Macco Corp. Marine Ave., as listed on.Variance #223. The hearing was'declared open: Irvine Terrace FINDINGS: The front setbacks as requested herein are conforming with the original agreement between the Planning Commission and Granted the Irvine Go. when districting the tracts. The tracts involved here are known as The Irvine Terrace Tracts and are b6ing developed under architectural control. The staggered front setbacks allow a variation in construction and are in accordance with the previously allowed setbacks of lots where construction is completed or in progress. The development offers'a more interesting and pleasing C u 1 appearance than the usual boxy tract arrangement. . The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Copelin, seconded by Com. Rudd, and carried. Com. Rudd moved that the application be granted, seconded by Com. Copelin, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES Application of Emma M. Hall for a permit to construct a second floor addition to a one story detached accessory building now used as a V four car garage. The proposed addition to consist of a recreation room with a bar type kitchen and bath and to be 19 feet 6 inches in Hall, height above the garage floor, on an R-1 District building site contain- I4'5` - #224 Emma M. ing two existing dwelling units. The building site consists of Lots Lots 11, 13, 11, 13, 15, and 17, Block 1,42, Resub of Corona del Mar Tract, located 15, 17, at 215 -219 Poinsettia Ave. City Code Section 9103.11(x) requires a Block 142, single family dwelling on an Rrl parcel and Section 9103.12 requires Resub. MM a height limit of fifteen (15) feet for an accessory building. The hearing was declared open. FINDINGS: The property consisting of four lots is combined into one DENIED building site by the location of the buildings and at present contains two dwelling units and one accessory building in an R-1 district. The height limit for an accessory building is fifteen feet under Ord. #635. The construction of this addition over the accessory building would allow an Rr3 development in an Rrl District. There is sufficient ground area to place the addition on the ground attached to one of the dwelling units if additional rooms are required which are not to be constructed in the form of a separate dwelling unit. Thus there is no hardship involved on which to legally grant a variance. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Reed, seconded by Com. Smith, and carried. Com. Lind moved that the application be denied, seconded by Com. Reed, and carried by the following roll call vote, to-wit- ALL AYES Application of J. Howland Paddock to allow a proposed living addition to an existing accessory building to be placed with a setback distance of V - #225 4 feet 2 inches from the side of the existing dwelling and 3 feet from • corner projection of the dwelling. This proposed addition thus allows Paddock, J. • covered passage between the two buildings of 4 feet 2 inches restricted Howland to 3 feet at one end. On Lots 864 and 865, Tract #907, located at 120 Via Lido Nord, Lido Isle. - Lots 864 and -The hearing was declared open. 865, FINDINGS: The roof and supporting post are existing and a roof extends Tract #907 from the accessory building to the dwelling forming a breezeway which is .further walled in on the street side. The arrangement was accomplished prior to the existing code. The addition will not increase the fire Granted hazard nor decrease the flow of air to dwelling rooms. No damage to adjoining properties would result since the alteration would not be visable from them or the street. The Lido Isle Assoc. is in agreement with the addition by verbal statement of Mr. Creely during the hearing. the single family dwelling and accessory building are located on a building front consisting of two complete lots. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Lind, seconded by Com. Smith, and carried. Com. Smith moved that the application be granted, seconded by Com. Copelin, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES 1'4 6 Resubdivision #8 . Regan, George E. & Grace E. Lot #1, Block 12, Tract #27 DENIED Application of George E. & Grace E. Block 12, Tract #27, Newport Height s on a map, and requests an exception Zoning Ordinance #635 would allow a The hearing was declared open. FINDINGS: Block 12 contains 12 lots Ana Ave. to Catalina Drive, and was Regan to resubdivide Lot #1 in into two building sites as shown from the 5,000 foot area. 50 foot width for corner lots. each of which extend from Santa zoned R-2 from an R-1 district Application of E. C. Cunningham for a five foot rearyard setback and a -four foot sideyard setback on the rear twenty (20) feet of the V - #226 building site along Orchid Ave. on Bldg. Site #2 facing Ocean Blvd., as.resubdivided Nov, 22, 1954 under Planning Commission Resub. #3. Cunningham, E.C. Said site is 70 feet deep along Orchid Ave. with a 71.22 foot frontage on Ocean Blvd. and consists of the southerly portion of Lot 70 8, Lot 7,8, prtn. 6 and 5 foot strip of Lot 6, and located at the northeast corner of Blk. 141, CDM Orchid Ave., and Ocean Blvd. (Block 141, Corona del Mar Tract) Tract The hearing was declared open. FINDINGS: This property does not have an alley and.the existing house to the rear is setback 6 feet 10 inches from the property line and has a legal side setback requirement of 4 feet. Thus a .setback between houses would be limited to 9 feet in any event if Granted a 5 foot rear setback is allowed. Six letters of approval or no protest were received and eleven letters of protest were received. The Commission does not believe that any protest received can be recognized as a valid protest and that the 5 foot setback requested will not be detrimental to adjacent or surrounding properties. The applicant withdrew his request for a 4 foot sideyard setback along Orchid Ave. for the rear 20 feet of building site depth. CONDITIONS: The sideyard setback along Orchid Ave. on the rear 20 feet of the building cite will be the same as the existing front setback on the adjacent building site to the rear facing Orchid Ave. City Code Section 9103.15(b) shall apply for reverse frontage lots. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Copelin, seconded by Com. Reed, and carried. Com. Lind moved that the application be granted, in accordance with the conditions, seconded by Com. Reed, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES Application of Everett & Lucille Bruwell to divide Lots 10i 119 Block 51, Riper Section Tract, west Newport area, into four building Resubdivision sites. Two parcels are to face River Ave. and two parcels are to #7 maintain the original of lot frontage. The hearing was declared open. Kruwell, Everett, FINDINGS: The lot sizes requested in Resub. application #7 are of & Lucille greater area and depth than the majority of lots in the adjacent and surrounding area. The entire area is in an R62 district with a Lots 10, 111 C -1 -H District adjacent across River Ave. Lot #9 was subdivided by Block 51, Variance application #204. The requested divisibn is in accord with River Section a master subdivision plan of the lots between River Ave.and the P.E. Tract right -of -way, which subdivision must be accomplished one or two lots at a time to allow development bf the area due to scattered ownership. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Rudd, seconded by Com. Lind, Granted and carried. Com. Copelin moved that the application be granted, seconded by Com. Rudd, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES Resubdivision #8 . Regan, George E. & Grace E. Lot #1, Block 12, Tract #27 DENIED Application of George E. & Grace E. Block 12, Tract #27, Newport Height s on a map, and requests an exception Zoning Ordinance #635 would allow a The hearing was declared open. FINDINGS: Block 12 contains 12 lots Ana Ave. to Catalina Drive, and was Regan to resubdivide Lot #1 in into two building sites as shown from the 5,000 foot area. 50 foot width for corner lots. each of which extend from Santa zoned R-2 from an R-1 district 147. July 28, 1952 by Ordinance #668. The Planning Commission required that a single dwelling unit should face each street. By resubdividing any of Resub #g these lots into two building sites, two R-2 district lots would be continued ' created, thus allowing four times as many units as the original R-1 was intended to hold. This property is surrounded on three sides by an R-1 district. Spot zoning of one lot back to an R-1 district could be difficult to regulate. The remaining lots in the block have been resub- divided without the process required by City Ordinance and are thus illegal building sites. RECOMMENDATIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSIONt The entire block should be rezoned to an R-1 district if -the subdivision of any or all lots is allowed. Since -the illegal subdivision exists in about 90° -of the block it is felt that the owners of the entire block should file for a proper resubdivision and rezoning from an R-2 district to an R-1 district under one application and as required by Subdivision Ordinance #650. The hearing was closed on motion of Com. Copelin, seconded by Coup. Reed, and carried. Com. Copelin moved that the application be DENIED, and that the above recom- mendation: be made to the City Council. Motion was seconded by Com. Reed and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wit: ALL AYES USE PERMITS Application of Paul C. Jones to permit a real estate blackboard advertising sign 12 feet ride by 5 feet 10 inches high to be placed on an adjacent property which sign is to advertise his real estate office. Sign is U.P. #173 proposed to be located on Lot 12, Block 224, Section A, Newport Beach Tract, in a 0-1 District. The real estate office is on Lot 11, Block 224, Jones, Paul C. located at 2624 Newport Blvd. ' The hearing was declared open. There was no one present representing the set over to property owner on whose property the sign is proposed to be placed, nor neat any written consent. meeting. On motion ofCom. Smith, seconded by Com. Lind, and carried, this appli- cation was set over to the next regular meeting for consent to be given by the property owner and submitted at the hearing. Application of Newport Harbor Buffalo Ranch to place a covered wagon 12 U.P. - #174 feet long by 9 feet 6 inches high with a sign painted on canvas cover Newport Harbor advertising and locating the buffalo ranch, on the northeast corner of Buffalo Ranch East Coast Highway and MacArthur Blvd. in a C -1 District. Said location is the vacated portion of Fifth Ave. at the rear of Block K. Tract 470. advertising The hearing was declared open. with covered FINDINGS: The advertising sign as proposed is considered to be a direc- wagon tional sign and would be of a unique and picturesque type without the C.D.M. area stark look of an advertising billboard. The sign would be located on GRANTED Irvine Ranch Co. property and would provide directiona4 advertising for the Buffalo Ranch located on another portion of Irvine Rauch Go. property. CONDITIONS The use permit shall be for a 6 nomth duration only and shall terminate November 6, 1955 unless renewed prior to that date. The hearing was closed oh motion of Con. Copelin, seconded by Com. Lind, and carried. Com. Briggs moved that the application be granted in accordance with the conditions, seconded by Com. Smith, and carried by the following roll call vote, to -wits I AZBSs Copelin, Lind, Longmoor, Reed, Smith, Briggs NOESs Rudd nm Tentative Map of Tract #2679 containing 40 lots ranging in size from Referal from 60' x 1351 to 67,.5 x 115', located by either side of a sixty foot Orange County street right -of- -way extending from Monrovia Ave. to Placentia Ave. Planning and connecting with both streets, Lots 803 and 903, Newport Mesa Commission Tract. A letter was directed to the Oiange County Planning Coe - mission saying that the Newport Beach Planning Commission has no. objection to this tract. Tentative Map of Tract #2609 located on portion of Lot 0316, Newport Referral from Heights Tract, between 22nd and 23rd Sts. on the weatdrly side of Orange County Tustin Ave. opposite ®isti Bays. in the Costa Mesa Area. Planning Comm. A letter was sent to the Orange County Planning Commission saying that the Newport Beach Planning Commission has no objection to this tract. Petition bearing 58 signatures of residents in Newport asking amendment of the Uning Law to prohibit the erection of car Car ports on ports on the front half of.lots. front * of lotseThe Commission as a whole will study this problem with a recce mendation in mind to make a Resolution-of Intention at the next regular meeting. Bulletin from League of Calif. Cities: Letter from Planning Commission,, City of Fullerton, endorsing the minutes of a nesting of representatives of the Planning Commissions of Anaheim, Bnena.Park, Orange County, and Fullerton, in regard to outdoor advertising signs. The letter seeks to enlist the interest of this Commission in joining this group in working out sign control policies and appointing a representative to the proposed committee to work on a uniform ordinance prohibiting signs along freeways. Mr. Copelin was appointed to this proposed committee to represent the Newport Beach Planning Commission. As there was no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned on motion of Cam. Briggs, seconded by Con. Smith, and carried. Ray X Copelin . 3e tary 1 rl