Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Director of Planning and Building
Subject: Agenda Item No. 6: Bragg 3-Lot Subdivision and Road Naming; 2050 Santa Cruz Ave., West Menlo Park; County File No. PLN 2016-00226
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to uphold the applicant's appeal and approve the Subdivision and Street Naming application (County File Number PLN 2016-00226) by adopting the Findings of Approval and Conditions of approval included.
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BACKGROUND:
This memorandum summarizes proceedings before the Board of Supervisors at its meeting of September 12, 2017, as well as staff's work to implement the Board's instructions at that hearing. Specifically, staff has brought this matter back with a revised recommendation to grant the applicant's appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of the subdivision application, based on revised findings and conditions of approval.
On September 12, 2017, the Board of Supervisors considered an appeal by the project applicant of the Planning Commission's (PC) denial of this project. The Board heard testimony and acknowledged letters both opposing and supporting the project, as well as a letter and testimony from the applicant's attorney regarding the California Housing Accountability Act.
Due to the Board's concerns regarding the loss of trees that would result from the project and the need to increase housing opportunities, the Board inquired regarding whether the existing County Subdivision Regulations would allow exceptions to the proposed lot depth. (If so, this would have allowed the project's private roadway to be moved so as to avoid removal of several oak trees on the site.) While the County's Subdivision Regulations do not currently allow any such exceptions, staff informed the Board that the Planning Department is in the process of preparing comprehensive revisions to the County Subdivision Ordinance and t...
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