Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Res 435 - 1970-05-20 , , .- ___:4..__...-.........-::..srj~d.. ....:.....'!.,l.Ic...t_...:Je.-i...-l..~~~~......l..._w.=...:~~~~..-........~ ~~.u...r. . .... , .........L...~_~_~..... . RESOLUTION NO. 435 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COlINISSION OF TIlE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING VARIANCE V-8-70 ALLOHING CONSTRUCTION OF AN APART>lE1{T CO~[PLEX HllICH EXCEEflS THE IJENSITY PllOVISIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. (LURASCllI ) mlEREAS, in the matter of Variance Application No. V-8-70, thc Planning CommissIon of the City of Seal Beach does report as follolJs: 1. Subject case was initiated by Annabelle Luraschi, 112 Central Ave., Seal Beach. 2. Subject property is described as the southerly 128.25 feet of Lot 13, Block 101, '!tact No. &98, known as 112 Central Avenuc. 3. Subject request is to allow construction of a 21 unit apartment building on a lot having an area of 12,000 sq. ft. The I'laximum number of units allOl<ed on a parcel of this size per code is 13. In addition, requests are made for a two foot h..ight variance and an encroachmcnt into the yards on the tlJO alley sides. mH:RLAS, the Planning Commission findings are a.. follows: .1. The Planning Commi&sion Rules and Regulations require an affimative or negative vote of at least three mel'lbers. At a previous public hearing, a notion to approv(' this application received a 2 - 2 vote, REsolution No. 421. The case has been readvertised for a public h..aring. 2. This is a unique parcel, being bounded by t\10 streets and two aJ leys. 3. This parcel is situated across from a park, offering vertical relief to the landscape at one of the entrances to the City. 4. The garage portion of the building \Jill not be depr..ssed due to unstable subsoils and th.. possibility of flooding. 5. Hith the exception of the elevator shaft, the building will bc 37 feet high. 6. Four lcttcrs were received favoring thE' proposal including one frol'l an adjacent property OImer. Five persons spoke at the hearing in favor of the proposed development. There wer.. no protests. 7. A question .'as asked regarding the quality of the subsoil, proximity to other buildings and the square footage of the proposed units. The attorney of the applicant responded by indicating that the water table in this area is very high; there \Jas a one story building to the south of the property and none to the west; and the minimum size of the units would be 750 sq. ft. \Jith the> larBest units having an area of 1,350 sq. .ft. eWH, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Pl'lllning COI'1Plission of the City of SEal Beach does hereby approve Variance V-8-70 as pre>sented. . . . -._-~- - .. Resolution No. 435 - 2 , I I . , ADOPTED MID APPROVED this 20th day of Nay, 1970. __ J ..o<_<-L-' . A -::-fJ/......hJ Chairnan of 1e Planning COrnMis~ion I hereby certify that thl' foregoing resolution \-:as duly adopt<,d at a regular meeting of the Planm.ng Conmission of the City of Seal Beach "Inch \;as held on \~ednesday, Hay 20, 1970, and carri"d by the follo"ing vote: AYES: NOES: ATISENT: Comm1ssioners: COMmissioners: Commissl.oners: Barton, Crm,ley, Knapp, Lanning, Horris None NOne //-1-/ ~r-::I;.L {-;.:: : -:._ /_,: C_-~ /.1-<-".. "ft-~ " Secretary of the PlanniIlg/Commi SS10n >.,/ I: --------_..---