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: •-5: <br />H'*:w <br />COUNC’L • <br />JAN 2 6 1538 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY CF OBOKO <br />Date: January 22,1998 <br />Item No.IC' <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Michael P. Gaflron <br />Administrator Approval:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Title: Senior Planning Coordinator <br />Item Description: #2322 Steven N. Filips, 2570 Thoroughbred Lane - Variance - Resolution <br />Zoning District: RR-IB, Single Family Rural Residential, 2-acre, unsewered <br />Application: Requesting temporary variance for 6' privacy fence along Watertown Road <br />lot frontage. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Resolution <br />B - Memo and Exhibits of January 14,1998 <br />Summary <br />Please review the memo and exhibits of January 14. Briefly, applicant requests after-the fact <br />limited-term approval to maintain a 6' fence along the rear of his property to provide a barrier to <br />vehicle headlights from Truffala Trail. Applicant indicates that his planting program should provide <br />a sufficient vegetative barrier after two growing seasons, following which he would remove the <br />fence or reduce its height to the 3-1/2’ limit. His intent is to establish a stand of coniferous <br />vegetation that would provide a year-round barrier. <br />Applicant noted he is aware of the potential limitations imposed by the non-City protected wetland <br />on the property, and has made initial contact with the Corps (and will contact MCWD) regarding the <br />location of the fence within that Type 1 wetland. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />Planning Commission reviewed this request at their January 20 meeting and on a vote of 5-0 <br />recommended approval, finding that the orientation of the property in relation to Truffala Trail is a <br />unique situation, and that a temporary fence would provide applicant the requested relief while <br />having only a short term effect on the visual appearance of the neighborhood. Planning Commission <br />reconfirmed it is the City's vision that our roadways not present a 'tunnel* effect, and that this fence <br />is only appropriate in a short-term context. Approval was subject to a 2-1/2 year window, i.e. the <br />fence must be removed by the end of June, 2000. Planning Commission did not require that the <br />! 1