Special Notice / Hearing: 10 day/300ft__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Director of Planning and Building
Subject: Consideration of the appeal of the Planning Commission's failure to adopt the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve Coastal Development Permit, Design Review, and Variance, pursuant to Sections 6328.4, 6565.3, and 6531, of the County Zoning Regulations
County File Number: PLN2021-00478 (Lacasia)
RECOMMENDATION:
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Conduct a public hearing to consider an appeal of the Planning Commission's failure to approve the requested Coastal Development Permit, Design Review, and Variance to allow a new 1,670-sq.-ft., three-story, single-family residence with an attached 371-sq.-ft. garage and 791-sq.-ft. accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on a legal 7,070-sq.-ft. parcel in the unincorporated El Granada area:
A) Open public hearing
B) Close public hearing
C) Grant the appeal and adopt the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Coastal Development Permit, Design Review, and Variance, PLN2021-00478, by making findings and adopting the conditions of approval in Attachment A.
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant proposes to construct a new 1,670-sq.-ft., three-story, single-family residence with an attached 371-sq.-ft. garage and 791-sq.-ft. accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on a legal 7,070-sq.-ft. parcel, in the unincorporated El Granada area of San Mateo County. A Variance is required to allow a front yard setback of 3 feet where 20 feet is required, due to the site location within the Montecito Riparian Corridor. The ADU is a ministerial project that does not require review by the Board of Supervisors. The project is appealable to the California Coastal Commission. The project site is accessed from San Carlos Avenue at the end of the public road. The project includes minor grading and no tree removal. A portion of the Montecito Riparian Corridor (MRC) is ...
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