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Date Application Received: 07/21/2021 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 07/21/2021 <br />60-Day Review Period Extension Expires: 11/18/2021 <br /> <br /> <br />To: Chair Kirchner and Planning Commission Members <br /> Adam Edwards, City Administrator <br /> <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner mcc <br /> <br />Date: 20 September 2021 <br /> <br />Subject: #LA21-000051, Robert Linden Construction, 1074 Loma Linda, Variances <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br />The subject property has an existing home constructed in approximately 1931 and a detached garage. <br />The property has been in the family of the current owner since 1951. The applicant is proposing a <br />project that will add a second story and rebuild the garage, and attach it to the home via a 141 square <br />foot connecting addition on the main level. The existing home has two bedrooms and one bathroom, <br />all on the 2nd floor. The applicant is proposing to reconfigure the main level to accommodate a half <br />bath, and construct an additional bedroom/office and bathroom over the new garage to improve <br />function and livability. <br /> <br />The proposal reflects alterations <br />suggested by staff. The applicant <br />submitted a proposal in July which <br />reflected a full story addition over the <br />connected garage. After discussions <br />with staff around the massing impacts <br />of the nearly full second story within the <br />substandard side setback, the applicant <br />modified the plan. The overall peak <br />height was reduced by approximately <br />one foot, the garage door height was <br />also lowered by one foot, resulting in <br />the defined height being lowered by ≈1 <br />foot. The applicant also reduced the <br />mass of the garage by reducing the <br />dormers within in the substandard <br />setback on the north side which <br />resulted in a 60 square foot living space <br />reduction. The originally proposed a 24 <br />foot-wide dormer has been reduced to two 5 foot wide dormers. A window has also been added to the <br />main level on the north side of the garage to break up the wall facing the neighbor. <br /> <br />The neighbor to the north also has a nonconforming detached garage closer to the street than the <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting rear and side yard setback variances to <br />construct an addition to the home. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval.