CITY DEALING WITH 2-STORY HOME DEBATE.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
Responding to complaints earlier this year by residents who didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do want to see two-story houses built next to their single-story homes, the city is working on guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. to ensure privacy and views. Because the city's General Plan is vague on the topic of the minimum setbacks and design standards Design standards Specifications of materials, physical measurements, processes, performance of products, and characteristics of services rendered. Design standards may be established by individual manufacturers, trade associations, and national or that would make one- and two-story buildings compatible, the regulations have been challenged. City Council members said they want to be sensitive to the concerns of residents who have been living in single-story homes near a piece of undeveloped land when considering a developer's proposal. ``It can be very intimating to suddenly have a two-story home looking right down at you,'' said Councilman Paul Miller The name Paul Miller is shared by a number of people.
In April, residents came to the council with just that complaint. They fought the Planning Commission's approval of a Beazer Homes development of two-story homes where they had planned single-story dwellings. Citing concerns over privacy and their view, they asked the council to review the matter and rescind To declare a contract void—of no legal force or binding effect—from its inception and thereby restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had no contract ever been made. rescind v. the Planning Commission's approval. Although the majority of Beazer's 115 houses were going to be placed near other two-story homes south of the Arroyo Simi near Sequoia sequoia (sĭkwoi`ə), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. Avenue, at least two would be behind existing one-story houses. The issue also came up in May with a Newcrest Homes project at Erringer and Fitzgerald roads, when the developer proposed a mix of single- and two-story homes just west of existing single-story homes. In that case, the council upheld a Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle requirement that the developer build only single-story homes along the boundary abutting the existing homes. And on the south side, where there was a mix of one- and two-story homes, the agencies agreed that a 70-foot separation should be required between the existing homes and the new ones. Officials said that using those cases as a basis, city planners have come up with guidelines and regulations that planning commissioners can then use to determine if a project complies with the city's General Plan. One idea to be considered is a requirement for building a two-story house 10 feet lower than the foundation pad of an adjacent one-story home so that its second story is in line with the other home. Another option is requiring that the homes be separated by 70 feet, and that for every foot that a new two-story house is raised from 10 feet below, the separation should be an additional 3 feet. The issue is scheduled to be discussed at 6:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road. |
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