REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the 523 square foot addition to an existing 1,585 square foot one-story residence at 2612 Benton Street.
Report
File No.: PLN22-00417
Location: 2612 Benton Street, a 13,068 square-foot lot located at the southeast corner of Sonoma Place and Benton Street; APN: 290-28-038; the property is zoned Single-Family Residential (R1-6L).
Applicant: Devendra Deshwal
Owner: Martin & Ana Eppel
Request: Architectural Review of a 523 square-foot addition to an existing 1,585 square-foot 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom one-story residence resulting in a 2,108 square-foot 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom one-story residence with an existing 575 square foot two-car garage to remain. The project includes a new 672 square-foot detached ADU that is subject to ministerial review only.
Project Data
The Project Data Table is included as Attachment 2.
Points for Consideration
* The project includes a 523 square foot addition resulting in a one-story residence with 5 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.
* The proposed addition to the residence will match the existing residence in material, with composition shingle roofing and stucco siding.
* The existing garage and storage unit encroach into a public utility easement. However, the structures were in place prior to the adoption of the Zoning Ordinance in 1968 and are therefore considered legal nonconforming. No modifications to the existing garage or storage unit are proposed.
* The project includes ministerial review of a 672 square-foot detached ADU in the rear yard.
* There are no active City code enforcement cases for this property.
* A neighborhood notice was distributed within a 300-foot radius of the subject site for this project review.
Findings
1. That any off-street parking area, screening strips and other facilitates and improvements necessary to secure the purpose and intent of this title and the general plan of the City area a part of the proposed development, in that;
* The dev...
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