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I gotta run over and kind of meet up with Brian again If anything comes up feel free to teams us and I'll be right up Thanks, and I got probably see you I guess An angle Good morning everybody, and thank you for coming to the zoning administrator meeting of April 20th 2023 my name is Susie Murray, and I'm the zoning administrator for the city of Santa Rosa I prefer to be called Susie just so you know But if you want to be more formal that's certainly your choice There I want to mention that the Meeting is being live streamed members of the public can come in from by a zoom and Will be given the opportunity to ask questions or make comments So I'm going to call the meeting to order. It's 1031 And The second item on the agenda is actually public comment period And this is a time when members of the public may address matters that are not listed on this agenda, but which are within that the Purview of the zoning administrator the public may comment on agenda items when the items are are called Each speaker will be allowed three minutes now and during that time So is there anybody that would like to make a public comment in the room? Not seeing any hands, so is there anybody there's nobody on the same either Okay, I'm one thing I didn't get I want one of mentions And I'll try to mention this again as I go through each of the items that all decisions made by the zoning administrator Are subject to appeal The appeal period extends 10 business at 10 work 10 calendar days after the date of the meeting Which in this case would be May 1st So if there is an appeal to any decision any action taken today May 1st is the last date to get that appeal application submitted you can get the appeal application online you can contact Planning at srcity.org that email address or you can come in and get one from the counter. So With that I will move on to item number three Point one which is the statement of purpose for the zoning administrator And first I'd like to thank staff for getting that updated for me the zoning administrator is appointed by the director of planning and economic development and Has the responsibility and authority to conduct public meetings and hearings and to act on applications for minor or reduced review authority projects or entitlements land use permits a Determination or decision by the zoning admin administrator may be appealed to the appeal body including The appropriate appeal body including the design review board cultural heritage board planning commission and the city council As I said earlier the date last date for appeals for any actions taken today is May 1st You'll hear me say that probably a couple more times when I'm sorry to be sound like a broken record player But there's a reason for that The first item on the agenda tonight is a public meeting or today is public meeting for exterior modifications at 2360 professional drive The project is exempt from sequel to minor design review city file Dr. 22-052 and Suzanne Hartman is the planner Take it away. Thank you zoning administrator Murray I am presenting at the project located at 2360 professional drive They are proposing to conduct various exterior modifications and repairs to the existing commercial building Including the facade siding and windows the commercial building is located Between various retail and office businesses with Sonoma County owned facilities located to the north of the site project site The zoning district is office commercial and the general plan to plan use Sorry, the general plan land use designation is office So again the modifications involve repairing some damaged wood siding and also adding additional aluminum windows and replacing some existing windows all of the Proposed modifications are consistent with the existing architecture of the building the Monument side is also proposed to be removed The staff was able to make all of the required design review findings including the Project has been found in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act Pursuance the sequel guidelines section one five three oh three the project is categorically Categorically exempts from sequel and that the project involves minor alterations to an existing structure some general Comments that were provided from nearby residents was the concern of the construction hours and the noise and staff had Put in a condition of approval that construction hours shall be limited to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. To 6 p.m. On Saturdays and no construction is permitted on Sundays and holidays additionally the Additionally staff have decided to also include a condition of approval that would require the project manager to post a publicly this will sign at the primary entrance That would show the listing of telephone numbers to be used during regular construction hours in off hours in contact for in off hours Regarding any noise complaints So therefore it is recommended by the planning and economic development department that the zoning administrator Approved a minor design review permit to allow for various exterior modifications and repairs to an existing commercial building located at 2360 professional drive and The applicants do not have a presentation, but they are present if any questions or vice Does the applicant team have anything they'd like to add? Oh Oh Yes, good morning. Sean McCrae western builders Just that the building is in they bought it parks about 10 years ago It is all wood siding construction and it's in very need of repair before the the actual wind will probably blow the siding off So it's I think it's it's a good project. It's going to make the area much nicer than it is today I think the noise concerns are we're easily Maneuvered around I Wish we could change the working hours to seven to five or something in there but if it's a deal breaker then Work through that portion of it, but I know the owners are excited to have it happening and and so are we And I'd like to open the public comment period. Is there anybody in the room that would like to comment And are there any hands raised Lonnie, you don't have any We don't have any attendance in zoom. Oh, okay. Good. That makes it easy. Will you let me know if somebody does come in? Yes, okay. Thanks. I have I have a question. We're the the public comments that were received Expressing concerns about the construction noise. Were those residential or commercial? It was residential residential It was just one Okay, I think Whenever we have construction Near near residential uses we trim down It's a standard practice that we trim down the the construction hours starting a little bit later in the morning So that we don't interrupt the breakfast time and ending them so we don't interrupt the dinner the dinner hour And if it were commercial uses I consider otherwise, but it's real standard and it's just a it's a compatibility Issue I also looked at the plans and I I'm familiar with the building my bet is right down in the corner and And of course, we all know in and out is right there Anyways, anyways, I am familiar with the building. I'm I'm thrilled that the signs being removed that could and I'm also thrilled at the repairs the Architecture I is a style that I happen to be very fond of so it'll be nice to see it Brought back to us Similar to its original state. So with that I do have one condition of approval that I would like to add and that is that the plans submitted for building permits Match those that were approved today and if there are any changes When constructions drawings are drawn Please make sure that Planner Hartman is made aware of this before building permit plans are submitted And with that I will move on to the next item. Sorry my computer decided to take a nap Okay item 5.2 is a public meeting for the Holly residents a hillside development project It's exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and it is located on happy valley court. The address is zero that typically refers to a property that is not developed and again, the planner is Suzanne Hartman go ahead and give your presentation Yes, the next item is a hillside development permits Zero happy valley courts The applicant is proposing to construct a single family dwelling and an accessory structure Look at near the rear of the property there The percent slope of the project site is ranging between 10% to 25% so it was determined that a hillside development permit was needed and why it's here today with design ministry meeting hillside development permits Provide kind of a review process for the city to consider the appropriateness of the proposed development on hillside parcels To ensure that a proposed project minimizes its visual and environmental impact Some site planning and development standards for hillside development includes having a 20 foot front setback as well as 15 foot side rear setbacks for the primary structure which have Been a complaint which this project complies with an extra accessory structures. However are allowed to be up to five feet perhaps five foot setbacks, which is why the accessory structure here is shown to be a lot closer to the Property lines versus the primary so the project is located within the R1 15 zoning district and the general plan land use sexes nation is very low residential And it's also surrounded by very low residential properties And as you can see on the screen here, this is the proposed first floor plan and This is the proposed second floor plan and then we have the group plan of the primary structure This is the proposed south and east exterior elevations The primary structure. Yes, this is the primary structure and I think What this project did very nicely with this lot is because the design Itself kind of minimizes grazing by being a long and narrow design Which given the shape of this parcel is very helpful in our card Staff were able to make the required findings for the hillside development permit And I'm not going to state all of them because they are stayed in the resolution But I'll just name a few of them site planning minimizes the visual prominence of hillside development by taking advantage of existing site features for screening Including tree clusters depressions and topography Setback hillside plateau areas and other natural features And I did confirm with the architect that the existing trees on the lot are proposed to stay And an additional find a finding that's also included in the list is that site development Minimizes alteration of topography drainage patterns and vegetation on land with slopes of 10% or more again, this design Being long and narrow kind of minimizes the grading topography and again with the trees being Proposed to stay well with the screening with the neighboring property This is the cross section page and a continuance of building cross sections of the proposed primary structure And then I'm going to escape out of the plant set and show the renderings as well So the proposed project has been reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and qualifies for a class B exemption under section 15303 And that involves the construction of a single family detached dwelling The only public comments that I received were just in regards to What the proposed plans were there weren't any raised issues or concerns? So therefore it is recommended by the planning and economic development departments that the zoning administrator approved a hillside development permit So allow for the construction of single family dwelling unit and an accessory structure located at zero happy Valley Court And I also do have additional site photos if you'd like to See those These from the entry so as you can see where it's kind of already You can see it kind of like a page trail there. That's what the driveway is going to be keep those up. Okay. Okay And the applicants are here to have any questions and The the applicants have anything they'd like to add I'm the designer Kevin O'Malley. This is the owner Paul Hawley So I think staff did a good job presenting where you're gonna answer any questions. Okay. And any members of the public? I'd like to open the public comment period. I wanted to say something, but I I'd like to talk a little bit about Sorry before you get started Suzanne. I'm actually gonna have to ask you to stop sharing your screen so I can share mine Um public comments are three minutes long. So give me a second to get the timer going and then you could go ahead and start. I I wanted to talk about three items that I think are very Significant of that lot that I don't know have been addressed. This is new information a lot here to me I don't the neighborhood has only been shown this card that as far as I know and this card is not accurate I can show point out some things in this that are not accurate The runoff is a very significant problem My patio has been flooded five times this year My swimming pool has been littered with water. It's right beside this Right when I first moved in there was a rainstorm and all of the two of the neighbors and Myselfs got our pumps and pump the thing the runoff from this lot goes on to an easement and I don't know if there's if that's been addressed at all, but that there's an easement Which is currently not been maintained in the five years that I've been living there It has been plugged up and for the for the past this whole season There is you've had to drive through water to get to the people's homes on this easement and This lot drains right onto that easement. I think that should be addressed somewhat Okay, since I don't have a little time. I want to address a problem across the street and in terms of density Sonoma County has a mental Facility it is set up for to have four patients four patients Involved staff 24 hours of the day. So there there's There's it at any time there is four to ten cars parked out front of this one house Right across the street from this location It take 24 hours of the day that house is active. There's there's people and Anyway, okay, I wanted to go on to the next thing too that I think needs to be addressed is the Utilities for this house Will come off of a telephone pole, which they seem in their map to say that they own If they do not I could show you all the maps here that show that that's incongruous with it and Let's see what anything else I have to say Is No, that's about all but the parking there's the four to ten cars there at any time We can go out there any time I I have a question. I've got the parking I already made myself a note about that But I have a question for you and then the notice you made a reference about the notice The the card yes card thing you got. Yes. Do you mind sharing with me what the concern is on that? It's the the property line it shows that the telephone pole is Included in this parcel. It is not it's included in my parcel these property the property lines right around that on this car they're drawn in accurately compared to all the information I have and that goes back to 1947 when they broke this parcel up so Thank you. It was that was that the big the primary concern on that on the mailed notice Yes on the on the mailed notice Yes So I I'd like to I'd like to ask some questions This is not a view but actually staff and and the development team and the first question I have is for the development team is about the telephone pole Oh, this is sorry. Oh, I need you want to close one of us a comment Before I'd like to close both public comment here. It's as a matter of fact all free I if I can ask someone on the develop the development team to address the utility pole and a Location of it location of it. Yeah, it's it is it on the property or I mean it shows on that way nobody owns it is the utility that I was it I Have to disagree. I have given an easement or a prop That property has given it Sir, I'm gonna I gotta put the kibosh. This is not this is a conversation now with me And I'll I'll answer questions and I'll try to explain to the best of my ability how that works, so Can you go ahead and finish that the utility poles are owned by the utility? I do know that the utility poles are owned by the utility company And they are on easements on properties often so that doesn't mean that the property owner owns them It means that the property owner owns the land and they've given the utility companies Permission to operate there. So I want to talk first. I want to I want to address the runoff This through this process we approve the use but after this process The applicant will need to go to the building department with the building permit And as part of that building permit process We make sure that they implement measures that will redirect the water flows from that property And in fact, I think in this case it may benefit you that the the water flows will go to Somewhere other than your property That will eventually end up in a creek So that's one thing and we have to do that because the city is under a permit with the north coast regional water quality control board a big long acronym to Dispel that yes, please Also including one of the engineering department has kind of done a preliminary review of this project And that is also included in their conditions of approval is regardless to runoff That's in their exhibit. So I just want to add that as well. So that it is going to be addressed And last week. Do you want to talk about not the density across the street with parking ratio? the I Not No, I wasn't either until here. So let me chime in a little bit on the parking issue I didn't want to step on any toes um the parking I believe happy valley is happy valley a private street or a public street It's public. It's public. The happy valley is down to this circle at the circle. It becomes private Okay Any continuance on his private? That's the core. Okay. So I don't I here's what I don't know. I don't know the parking situation At out on happy valley. I haven't seen it. Typically we have Public parking on the street, but that may be different here And I don't know what the agreement is out there. But what I'm wondering how many off-street parking spaces are included in this project in a garage Driveway two-car garage three-car garage door and two-car driveway So the property is required to have four parking spaces They can be on street in front of the parking of the Proposed home or they can be off-street in this case. They've got their meeting. They're required parking off-street so so I I think as designed they have met their parking requirement. I know that we will have to Review the the the grading and the site drainage And I think that you will be pleasantly surprised once this is constructed That it will minimize any runoff if not eliminate it completely onto your property The density that the home that's within the allowable density of the general plan and the zoning district and it's a residential lot and The utilities again are the responsibility of the utilities company regardless of where those goals are our place and if you have other questions, I'm sure that you can reach out to Suzanne her Her contact information is on that card and she can show you plans But I think we'll put your mind at ease and put you in touch with other members of our staff That could also help put your mind at ease including our building plan checkers and our engineers to give you a little bit more detail on the grading um, so I would that I'm I'm asked I also want to find out what the building height one is on the accessory structure 16 16 feet That's at the deepest Okay, good good good and I I do want to add on this one. I want to add actually two conditions um, I would like to add that during construction that You are on the I'm sorry on all plans that submitted for building permits and during construction that you implement or add in the tree protective measures standard tree protective measures which Suzanne can provide um And also the standard bird and bat protective measures So regardless of any trees are being removed We'll want to protect their roots, but we're also going to want to protect any wildlife that's living in the trees That are protected so Those those measures are February 1st to august 31st if you do any Pre pre construction activities on the off months those measures aren't required, but but Suzanne's that standard language for that so with that I'm going to go ahead and approve the project and I'm going to reiterate again that Or comments I gave it off. I'm sorry I wanted to make comment on this I'm oh, are you are you a neighbor as well? Yes? I'm so sorry. I closed the public. I've just assumed that I didn't see any other hands You have three minutes. I'm going to reopen the public comment. Oh, thank you. Well, I just have a I'm a property owner, uh, we're adjacent to the studio building that's going in and It's only a five foot setback from the Property line. I just wanted to make sure that a survey Is being done so that we know exactly where that property line is um, I've already talked with Paul a long time ago about the uh offense going up there and We're both amenable to that but I'll make sure before Construction starts there is a survey because I can't find any survey pins anywhere And when we've only been in our property for a year and a half So, you know, it's it's new to us beautiful area Okay, is there going to be a survey? Can I well can let me let so it's generally not a conversation. I think I'm sorry No, you're fine. I didn't recognize Paul You're by and I noticed another person in the room that has not spoken yet Do you have comments as well, sir? Uh, John and I are partners for 55 years And if you have anything you've got three minutes too, so you are more than welcome it doesn't well Thank you. Uh, I'm david christa for one of our concerns. We're at 34 85 happy valley court is that Right at what will be the entrance uh to zero happy valley court is a fire plug And there can be no parking within 20 feet of that thing and I'm telling you the group home will have any That they will call and have any cars towed That break that and now it's so overgrown with vegetation. You can't even see the fire plug. That's dangerous Can you see fire plug or you said is that the fire hydrant? Yeah, okay Okay, so it's the fire hydrant and in the public right away or is that on a it's right at the entrance to zero happy valley court So, um I Has the property been surveyed it has okay Topographic survey not a boundary survey. Okay, so it sounds like we might need a boundary survey When they do construction staking, they'll be able to find all the pins and pull off of that. Yeah, okay So I is are you okay with me asking for evidence of that survey as part of the building permit? Just to ensure that we're we're five feet away as long as it's not a boundary survey that locating pins Locating pins. Yeah, verify. Is that appropriate? Is that acceptable? to Your neighbor, I know I'm sorry. I didn't touch your name No, I'm to you in the blue shirt I can't even point. Yeah, as long as we know exactly where the property line. Okay, it's so boundaries. That's boundary Yeah, it's a it's a boundary, but it may not be a A formal boundary survey. Boundary survey. We will absolutely identify the the the boundary prior to any fence or structure being built So if we can it can you add a condition to also that says um Yeah provide evidence of A boundary I don't I don't the reason I don't want to Require a boundary survey is because those can be very expensive And I think we can we can do this without that. We're concerned about the property line We can find that without doing the full-blown boundary survey So that's the reason for my my condition and it's just established the the uh, that Gosh, what is it the north northern property line? The rear with an accessory structure is I I think that's the kind of slide We've identified side though Okay, last turn is that This north that way Yes, it's the western property line Okay, and then the fire hydrant. I'm concerned that that's overgrown with weeds So I'm just going to make a comment for staff. We will follow up on that fire hydrant. It should be exposed Um, so that the fire department can see it So I don't know if the property owner or whoever's responsible for that in the room I suggest you go ahead and remove the weeds and if it belongs to somebody else Um, I'll get the fire department on it and make sure that that's cleared out. Um As far as parking within the the 20 feet from the parking hydrant Their their driveway parking may very well be within 20 feet of the hydrant That's in the the public right away on the private street. I would assume those same rules apply so Meaning that they need to stay away from the the parking hydrant And I'm just going to recommend that whenever you see somebody that's parked too close to it You go ahead and call I think our our traffic division deals with those types of parking for or The fire department fire department will get right out there Okay, and if you're looking for contact information for either of them You can contact Suzanne. She'll have all of that information or you can uh email uh planning at srcity.org and Suzanne's email is also on that notice. So if you want to send someone writing that's fine too Okay, now I'm going to move on. So as the conditions that I've added I think everybody's now had an opportunity To comment. I'm going to go ahead and close the second comment period and As condition I'm going to go ahead and approve this project. I know happy valley is a beautiful street And y'all live in a beautiful area. Thank you very much for coming down and being part of this process and thank that Sorry, my computer went back to sleep Uh, Lonnie is the last thing the adjournment. Yeah, okay. So before I adjourn, I'm going to say once again Appeals can be submitted up until May 1st That's the process. It's an application Suzanne can help you through it and I'm going to adjourn the meeting at 1106 on april 20th again. Thanks million for coming down. It's so nice