REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Variance to Allow an Addition to a Single Family Residence with a Non-Conforming Garage at 741 Enright Avenue
Report
BACKGROUND
On July 12, 2018, Jie Wei filed an application for a variance to construct an 809 square foot front and rear addition to an existing single-family home and retain an attached one-car garage. The project requires a variance to allow the existing non-conforming one-car garage where two covered parking spaces are required for a single-family addition with 500 square feet or more.
The subject site is located in a tract home neighborhood that was originally constructed with one-car garages. Many of the homes in this neighborhood have requested variances to retain a one car garage for house additions of 500 square feet or more.
DISCUSSION
The project proposes an 809 square feet addition to an existing 836 square foot single-story residence with two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a 220 square foot attached one-car garage. The proposal would result in a 1,865 square foot single-story home with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an attached one-car garage.
The minimum required driveway access to a garage per SCCC Section 18.74.050(a)(2) is ten feet in width with one foot of landscaping on each side. The required minimum lot width in the R1-6L zone is 60 feet and the subject property has 50 feet with a five foot setback from the existing garage. The substandard 50 foot width of the lot and the existing layout of the home would require a significant demolition of the existing structure to accommodate the required dimension for a covered parking space of 20 feet depth by 20 feet width.
Prior to 2014, the City's General Plan included a policy that additions not exceeding 500 square feet (and less than 4 bedrooms) could be constructed without having to meet the Zoning Code parking requirements. As this Policy is not currently in the General Plan and further because the proposed addition ...
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