5821 SEAHURST AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

c �. The PlanninQ Oirector approved Me modificafions based on the followinp: Section 37.050.B of the zoning code allows the redudion of buiiding setbacks or butfers through Review Process 1. The Planninp Director, using Review Process I, ia authorized to "...approve, disapprove or approve with conditions the use proposed by the applicanC' (Subsection 42.100.B). The propeRy is zoned R-2, Single Family Detached Residential. A sinple family residence approximetely 1,892 square feet with 858 square feet attached garEge is proposed to be constructed on an approximately 125' X 430' lot on Seahurst Ave. The entlre lot is regulated as environmentally sensiGve area or required buffer. Section 37.050.8 states that nothing in the ESA ordinance is intended to preclude reasonable economic use of property as set foRh herein. If the requirement af this ordinance as applied to a specific lot would deny all reasonable e�nomic use of the lot, development will be permitted if the applicant demonsVates all of the following to the satisfaction of the Planning Director. 1. There is no other reasonabte use or feasible aftemative to the proposed development with less impact on the environmentally sensitive area; and 2. The proposed development does not pose a threat to the public health, safety and welfare on or off of the subject lot and 3. Any alterations pertnitted to the requirements of this Ordinance shall be the minimum necessary to ailow for reasunable use of the property; and 4. The inability of the applicant to derive reasonable economic use of the propeRy is not the result of actions by the applicant in subdividing the property or adjusting a boundary line thereby creating the undevelopable condition after the effective date of this Ordinance; and 5. The proposal mitigates the impads on the environmentally sensitive areas to the maximum extent possible. The Planning Directors conclusions are as follows: 1. There is no olher reasonable use or alfemative to the proposed deve/opmenf wKh less impact upon the envi�anmentaNy sensiNve area. The R-2 zone allows a single family residence on a minimum lot size of 4,500 square feet The property is approximately 1.23 acres fn size. To build only one single family residence upon the property is the least intensive"reasonable"tand use for this property. 2. The p►oposed development does not pose a threat to fha public health, safety and weHe�e on or oN of the subject lot. No adverse impacts to public safety ere antidpated off the subject property as a resuR of the proposal. It has been recommended to the applicant that a soils/sWcturel engineer be co�suRed regarcJing consuuc4on methods for the site deveiopment. �3