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House size on
hillside/ridgeline lots
What:
Resolving issues with large homes being
developed, particularly on hillside or ridgeline
lots.
Planner:
Greg Wolff (925-299-3204,
gwolff@ci.lafayette.ca.us)
Background:
A joint Planning Commission/Design Review
Commission Special meeting was held on 3/30/06
and it was agreed that home size is an issue for
both hillside/ridgeline and infill development.
It was agreed to focus first on hillside
development and recommend to the City Council
that a minimum home size guideline be
implemented, whereby an applicant would first
have to show that findings could be made for the
minimum size before proposing designs for a
larger size. A joint City Council/Planning
Commission/Design Review Commission Special
meeting was conducted on 4/10/06 and the council
agreed that size guidelines would be beneficial
and commissioned the Planning Commission and
Design Review Commission to further study the
issue and make a recommendation. A special
committee, called the House Size Study
Committee, consisting of Don Tatzin (City
Council), Mike Anderson (City Council), Jeanne
Ateljevich (Planning Commission), Mark Mitchell
(Planning Commission), Tom Lee (Design Review
Commission), met during 2006-7 and on 10/29/07
made its initial recommendations at a joint
meeting with the City Council, Planning
Commission, and Design Review Commission.
The recommendations basically consisted of tying
allowable house size to the relative size in the
neighborhood in question, with a 3000sf maximum
in protected ridgeline areas and a 4500sf
maximum city-wide. The 4500sf limit could
be exceeded under certain conditions, notably
the use of green building construction.
Current status:
Awaiting further review by the City Council.
Additional
information:
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10/29/07 City
Council/Planning Commission/Design Review
Commission Special Meeting
staff report
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4/10/06 City
Council/Planning Commission/Design Review
Commission Special Meeting
staff report,
minutes
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3/30/06
Planning Commission/Design Review Commission
Special Meeting
staff report
Re-zoning of East
Deerhill
What:
Re-zoning of land near the intersection of Deer
Hill Road and Pleasant Hill Road from
Administrative/Professional/Office (APO) to
Low-residential 10acre (LR-10) and/or
Residential 1/2acre (R-20).
Application #:
GP03-04, RZ02-04
Planner:
Christine Sinnette (925-299-3241,
csinnette@lovelafayette.org)
Background:
Rather than delay the recent revision to the
General Plan, the re-zoning of this land from
commercial to residential was deferred to a
later time. The city has now included it
as part of their current work plan. The
Planning Commission initially heard this item on
11/18/04. On 1/6/05, the Planning
Commission directed staff to look into
conducting a
constraints analysis of the properties in
question. On 2/3/05, the Planning
Commission formalized the scope of the
Opportunities & Constraints Analysis (OCA) and
authorized the study. The City Council
approved on 3/14/05 and authorized $40,000 to
complete the analysis. The Planning
Commission reviewed the OCA on 9/7/06.
The Planning Commission continued public hearing
to the meeting of 10/19/06 and directed
staff to outline a program for providing
additional information on development scenarios
for the study area. On 11/16/06, the
Planning Commission directed staff to prepare a
scope of work for a consultant to conduct a bulk
and mass study for two of the properties that
front Pleasant Hill Road, for which a response
was received by the firm Design Community &
Environment (DCE) to complete the study for
$25,000. At a City Council/Planning
Commission/Design Review Commission Joint
meeting on 9/24/07, the scope of work was
remanded back to the Planning Commission for
review. At its 11/15/07 meeting, the
Planning Commission decided the study would no
longer be necessary and planned to renew
discussions in early-2008.
Current status:
Deferred until early-2008.
Additional
information:
Inclusionary
Ordinance
What:
Establish a program that requires developers of
significant residential projects to make up to
10% of the units available to households with
very low to moderate incomes.
Planner:
Niroop Srivatsa, (925-299-3206,
NSrivatsa@ci.lafayette.ca.us)
Background:
This is a requirement under the Housing element
of the General Plan. A consultant, Melanie
Shaffer Freitas was hired with funding from HUD
in July 2004, and has generated a list of
elements for the program. The matter was
heard by the Planning Commission on 10/7/04 and
11/4/04, and by the City Council on 11/8/04.
On 5/23/05, the City Council convened a special
meeting with the Planning Commission and Design
Review Commission to get a status update on the
ordinance and provide direction to the
stakeholder committee.
Current status:
Stakeholder committee continuing work following
direction from 5/23/05 hearing.
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