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PLN180375 - GONZALEZ
Public hearing to consider a variance to exceed the maximum allowable lot coverage of 5% by approximately 3.75%, for a total of 9%, which will allow a 1,104 square foot detached garage/storage building to be constructed on a property that currently is over the 5% lot coverage limitation at 5.25%.
Project Location: 36370 Mile End Road, Soledad
CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt per section 15303(e) and 15305(a) of the CEQA Guidelines
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Zoning Administrator:
1) Find the project is an accessory structure which qualifies for a Class 3 Categorical Exemption pursuant to section 15303(e) and Class 5 Categorical Exemption to section 15305 (a) of the California Environmental Quality Act and does not meet any of the exceptions under section 15300.2. 2) Adopt a resolution to approve a variance to exceed the maximum allowable lot coverage of 5% by approximately 3.75%, for a total of 9%, which will allow a 1,104 square foot detached garage/storage building to be constructed on a property that currently is over the 5% lot coverage limitation at 5.25%.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Owner: Mike Gonzalez
APN: 165-063-007-000
Zoning: F/40
Agent: Wesley Beebe
Parcel Size: 0.70 acre
Flagged and Staked: No
SUMMARY:
A Variance is requested to allow the construction of a 1,104 garage/storage building on a 0.70 acre parcel (30,492 square feet) zoned Farmlands. Because the property is a 0.70 acre lot, the maximum allowed 5% lot coverage (footprint coverage) is 1,525 square feet. The existing use of the property is residential having a two-story, single-family dwelling with an attached garage. The existing footprint coverage is 1,600 square feet, already exceeding the maximum allowed lot coverage by 75 square feet at 5.25 (5.25%) percent lot coverage. The proposed project would add 1,104 square foot of building footprint, which would make the lot coverage 9 percent.
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