03-17-2025 Planning Commission Packet

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FILE # LA24-000007 17 March 2025 Page 4 of 6 4) Provided with an adequate water supply and sewage disposal system; The property meets this standard. This criterion has been met. 5) Not expected to generate excessive demand for public services at public cost; As a result of the applicant’s unpermitted work, additional staff time and inspections were required beyond that of a standard project. The proposed project for retaining walls will not impact utility or public infrastructure and will not result in an excessive demand on public services at public cost. This criterion has been met. 6) Compatible with the surrounding area as the area is used both presently and as it is planned to be used in the future; The installation of the additional walls supporting the stone staircase and lakeshore pathway have changed the character of the property. The unpermitted walls supporting the stone staircase and pathway construction do not provide an opportunity for vegetative screening from the lake. This criterion is not met. 7) Consistent with the character of the surrounding area, unless a change of character is called for in the community management plan; The installation of stone retaining walls without vegetative screening has changed the character of the property, impacting the surrounding area. This criterion is not met. 8) Compatible with the character of buildings and site improvements in the surrounding area, unless a change of character is called for in the community management plan; The unpermitted retaining walls constructed the entire width of the property are not screened from view from the lake. The historically natural appearance of the property, although unmaintained for years, has been irrevocably altered by the additional walls installed along the entirety of the stone stair and at the base of the slope. This criterion is not met. 9) Not expected to substantially impair the use and enjoyment of the property in the area or have a materially adverse impact on the property values in the area when compared to the impairment or impact of generally permitted uses; The lakeshore bluff improvements should not impair property values or the enjoyment of the neighboring property owners. This criterion has been met. 10) Provided with screening and buffering adequate to mitigate undesirable views and activities likely to disturb surrounding uses; The applicant has not provided a landscape plan to address the additional unpermitted walls constructed on site. Wherever possible, all retaining walls should be screened by year-round vegetation to provide natural screening and buffering of the stone stairway and retaining wall improvements when viewed from the lake. This criterion is not met. 11) Not create a nuisance which generates smoke, noise, glare, vibration, odors, fumes, dust, electrical interference, general unsightliness, or other means; The proposed walls should not create a nuisance situation. This criterion has been met. 12) Not cause excessive non-residential traffic on residential streets, parking needs that cause a demonstrable inconvenience to adjoining properties, traffic congestion, or unsafe access; 17