REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a 168 square-foot first floor addition and 1,035 square-foot second floor addition to an existing 1,837 square foot one-story residence at 746 Pomeroy Avenue.
Report
File No.: PLN22-00280
Location: 746 Pomeroy Avenue, a 6,194 square-foot lot located at the southwest corner of Princeton Way and Pomeroy Avenue; APN: 293-04-006; the property is zoned Single-Family Residential (R1-6L).
Applicant: Ujjal Singh
Owner: Ujjal Singh
Request: Architectural Review of a 168 square-foot first floor addition and a 1,036 square-foot second floor addition to an existing 1,837 square foot 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom one-story residence resulting in a 3,041 square-foot 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom two-story residence. The proposal includes converting the existing 454 square foot two-car garage into an attached 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 168 square foot first floor addition and a 1,036 square foot second floor addition resulting in a two-story residence with 5-bedrooms and 3.5-bathrooms.
* Per the City's Single-Family Design Guidelines, second floor areas should be set back at least five feet from the front wall of the first floor, and three to five feet from the side and rear walls of the first floor. The proposed second floor addition is consistent with this guideline in that a stepback of five feet from the front of the first story wall is provided. However, one interior side (north side) and the rear are flush with the first story wall, providing no second story stepback Although the second story is not consistent with the design guidelines, the side setback is beyond the minimum 5 feet, ranging from 7 feet to 10.5 feet, and the rear building setback is beyond the minimum 20 feet which helps to lessen the privacy impacts that this design guideline aims to address
* The proposal includes...
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