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Home My WebLink About0420.000.'i 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I , Julr 12, I~~O HONORAlILE CI Tl COONC Il f.l. Alt., C.1ifor.!. APPEAl Of ZONING ADMI~ISTRATOR'S D£CISION TO APPROVE THE HOME IMPROVEMENT AND REMODfl EXCEPTION AT 1090 EMERSON STREET ~mbers Df t~e Cou~cil: At the meeting Df June l7~ 1990. the 'lanning Commissfon ado~ted a motior. to recommend that the Cit, Council uphold the decision of the Zoning Admilistrator to grant a Home Improvement and Remodel Exception for lot coverage of 41.5 percent where 3S percent fs normally t~e ~aximum permitted. The Commtssion based its decision on t~e findiogs and conditions made by the ZonfDQ Admin~stritor. wit~ ~ne additfonal condition, shown be10v fa ~ta'1cs: RecOITITlendatio"s 1. There are exceptional or extra~rdinary circumstances or conditfons applicable t. t~. propertr i.volved that do not appll generall, t. ~ropertl II the same district. jm t~at the reslde~ce is currentl, noncomplying as t. the north side yard setback {l feet where 6 feet Is otherwise the mll1mum) and was constructed il the early 1900s ;m i classic~ symmetrfcal-bungaTo~ stIle with a 3-foot pedestal foundation. furthe~ore. the lot is substandard in size, measuring on11 SJ250 square feet ~~ere 6,000 square feet is the minimum lot s;ze~ and the propertJ is adjacent to the Professor~;lTe Historic Distrlct; Z. The granting of the application is desirable for the preser~ation Df In existing architectuTil stJTe or ne;9~borbood c~aracter~ wtich would not otheNise be accampT ;shed through the strict applicatlon of this cl1apter" fm t~at ~11e the addition could be accomplished as a second-story addition, it coeld not be accom~lfs~ed i. a s~trical, Irc~itectural11- compatible fasnfoo under the ex\stiog dayljg~t plane requirements given the existfng posftio~ ef t~e house on t~e lot. F~rthermore. a single-story addition w11l mafDtaim the front of t~e residence as it is, preserving t~e streetscape c~aracter and architeet~ral jnteg~itl of t~e bungalow; and 3. The granting of the applfcation ~ll not be detrimental or ;~jur;cus to propertJ or improvements fa the riei.ity, 11 that the portioD of t~e project whlc\ the neighboring propertr owner finds objectfonabl. is the relocation ~f the garage tl the ~orth si~e of the property. The garage (M!!: 120:Q • / -_ ',-. ....-""" .~:-i: , -, '. \ \ , \ --? ,', • '~---'--'-' _.-" ,_I~:4 .,'" -I /~"!I ' . ", \ , reloc.tfon does ~ot require I variance and ~uld be constructed \, anI ca$~, accarding to the applfcant. The remlfnd~r of the s;ngle-stcrl add;!lon will ~.ve 1es. Impact on !~e adjacent propert, owners and the general public: Ual' oil two-story alttrrlitive. Conditions I. Extreme Cire shall be taken during the construction of t~l. project t. prevent impact to the maple tree on the adjacent propert} owner's lot. Tri~rDg of an, branches or roots w~ich may have crossed t~e prcpert, line and into t~e area of proposed construction Shill be supervlsed by a registered arborls! and shall be conducted I. a fashion whlc~ issures the continued healt~ of the existfng tree. Lltewise~ since it ~as been reported that the •• p1. tree ~as grown Intertwined wjt~ • fr,lt tree ~lc~ is proposed f~r removal. extreme care shall be taken 1~ remo~fng the frwlt tree on the su~ject parcel to assure that the maple ;s not damaged fa the process. I. Th~ prDposed Iddjtion $~a7' be constructed ja I ~inner that is consistent witb J and therefore preser~es. the architectural 5t~1e of the existing one-stor, residence. and the FAR of the I.t shall be restricted t. the level proposed wit1t the subject app1ication_ or .. 415 .. Respectftlll,. 5~bmitted .. /!t#Wl Illu,tr;< {,'Lit&. HANCl HAoobX LYTLE ."/ < Zoning Admllfstrator ~~ Assistant tit, ~anager ,/:;-:ad( -f --Id~y ~£NNETH R. SCHR£IB£R Director af Planniog and Commun,t, Environment Attac~~nts: Staff report to the Planning Commi~sion of June 22~ 1990 t ~th all ittac~ments Plans (Counci} Members onl,) CC: Robert ~_ Stelzer, 690 Vaverl, Street. Pal. Alt •• CA 94301 Chuck Finney and Joanne r.arpe~ter~ 1080 Emerson Street. Pa10 Alto, CA 94301 CIIR:420:0 E.ersojNL 1/12/90 -2· • -,. , ~ t , r , , " • , f l - f. 'i-, .-:~'" ~ ~. • ~ , ; TO, PALO ALTO PLAKNING COKMISSION filE NO., 90-HIE-l PREPARED BY, Nancy lJtle DAlE: June 22, 1990 rROJEtT INFORMATION location, Applfcant: Appellant: Pro p erllJlwners: Bequested Action: 1090 Emerson Street Robert ~_ Stelzer 690 Waverley Street Pal. Alt., CA 94301 Chuck Ffnney and J~anne Carpenter lOBO Emerson Street Pal. Alt., CA 94301 S arne as Abc VI! APpeal of the Zoning Admfmistrator's d~cfs;on tQ approve a Ro~e [mprov~~nt and Remadel [xception to allow lot coverage above the 35 percent maximum per.ltted PRO,JECT .~",-Y,---____________________ _ The applicant has applied for a sfngl!-stor1 a1ditfon to an existing single-story. bungalow stIle residence at 1090 Emerson Street. The addition is ~it~fn the allo~ble floor area rati~ (FAR) for the lot but exceeds the lot coverage by 6.5 percent. The Home Improveme~t and Remodel [xceptino vas approved by the Zoning Admislstrator and appealed by the adjacent property owner. RECO~ENDED ACTION lhe Planning (ommission should recommend that the (itl (ounci! uphold the dec,slon of the Zonfog Admfaistrator and approve th~ proposed Rome Improvement and Remodel Exceptfon far 41.5 percent coverage where 3S p~r,ent coverage is no~a11J the maximum permitted. SITE INfORIIATlON Pa~~_~l Size: ~ssessorrs Parc~l ~umber: ;_~_t~_t in9 ~~g_r:tJJ:1_g: CompreheRstve Plan Deslgrat ;on: P_~_~_jJl __ ; Ex;s __ UnSl land US!: [Ilerson] ., 120-30-001 Single-famil, Residentfil Single-famil, Residentfal I unit per 5.000 square feet Single-fim;l, Residentia' 6/22/90 -1- -~~~r-. , .. I . ). --,!" " - • • i , • , , . , - Surrou!!.~_i:n~~_ ~~!: History: Mandatory Action Date(s); (nvironmental Impact Assessment: ANALYSIS PROJECT DESCRIPTION Single·Famil, Residential Application filed on March Il, 1990 Public hearing scheduled on April 19, 1990; continued it t~e appellant's r!Quest Public Hearing conducted on ~ay I, 1990 Approval issued on ~ay 11, 1990 Appeal filed on Ma, 25, 1990 The Plinning Comm1ss1on must conduct I public hearing by AU9ust 25, 1990. T"e Cit, Council ~as 30 da~s to consider the Planning Commission reconmef')dilt fon_ Exempt from the requirements of tn~ tal1fornia E~wironmentll Qual It 1 Act The applicant proposes t~ construct i sfDgle-story addition to an eXlsting Single-story, single-tam'1} resfdenc~_ The structure is I classic, bungalow-style residence~ constructed fl the earl$ 1900s, adjacent to the PrQfessorville Historic District. The applicant 1150 proposes to construct 1 detac~ed single-car garage ;m the northwesterl, corD~r of the lDt~ vithfl 3 feet of the appellant's prOpfrt, line. Application was made for t~~ Rome Impr~wement and Remodel Exception ~ause the other 11ternatfwes for increasing the size of the residence OD the propert" i.e., eit~er a second story addition or i cGmplete demolition and reconstruction, .ere considered to be less arc~itectural11 ~ompatlble ~th t~e existi~ resld~nce and less desirable for the surrounding Defghbor~ood. The si~le-story addition .ould be toward the rear of the house and WDu1d l.ave the front of the bunQalow iDtact, preserving the str~~t~ape. and creatiDg less fntrusfon on the adjacent neighbors. BACKGROUND T~e adjacent neighbors ~ave filed an appeal to the decision to approve t~e requested exceptioD. Their reasons ire summarized as follows: 1_ The proposed fTan .ill ~ave the effect ~f creating a near-continuous wall of buildinQ along the preperty lioe .hic~ the, s~.re i. common .nt~ the applicant. The siDgle-sto~1 structure either now eJfsts or is p~oposed t. be extended .long the the major!!, of the shared property line. The oDl, open areas include the 2]-foot front setback, a 3-foot separatfon betwee~ the detached garage and the rear addition, and i l-foot setback 11 the rear yar~. According to the appe'lant~ t_fs does not aiTo~ for s~fficfent open space. partic~1irl, when reviewed il relation to t~e existing orientation and locatfon af structures on the appel1ant~5 Jot. 2. The applicant's plan ~ill iotrude on the privacy of the appellant. 3. Tbe construction of the addition could negativel, impact an eX1stiog tree on the appellant's propert,. Emerson] • 1 6/22/90 -2, • "", \ 'J.-. ~. \ • .. 4. The ~roposed Dew garage fa the no~thwest corner of the lot will fncrease congestior'l fa tf'.e alley arn and create incorwenience to the appellant. ISSUES Of CONCERN The lontng Admilfstrato~ c~nsfdered all of tne abowe concer~s prior t~ ~aking a detlsfoc tB approve the ~ariance. The outcome of that consideration 1s summarized i. the fo110wiog paragraphs. ]. ~ces~J~_~ _____ ~uildinq Al.p_",s the Ctlnmon Property line: It Wis reasoned that t~e garage relocation and master bedroom addition, wnfch are propo~ed along the conmon property line, could be accomplished without a warlanee. 1m fact~ the applicant, ~en he ~s ipproac~ed by the Zoning Adml.lstr,tor regarding the option of relocating the garage to the opposite corner of t"e lot, explained t~at it was 'is fntent to construct additions i~ these locations regardless of the outcome af t~e exception applfcatfon4 Tn~ master bedroom addition is a .inimum If 6 feet from the sfde property line~ and the garage could actually be constructed with a Q·fDDt setbac\ if the ,itch of the roof were lowered and other building code feQufrements complfed ~1th. The ~arage is to be relocated adjatent to t~e appellant's garage. wbfch is generall, i good practice fu design since t~e two Rses abuttf~g eac~ ather do not tend to cause ~se conflicts. The primary portions of the appl1cant's p~oposa' ~bic' trfgger t~e excessive lot coverage are t~e porches •• hic~ amount tm approximatel, 5 percent lot coverage. They would be excluded from the ~aTcMlatfon 1£ t~ey were constructed lower, OY closer tQ grade. They cannot practlc.lly be lowered due to the hef9ht of the first floor of the restdence whicb is unusuall] 't9h~ i.e.~ JI excess Qf 4 feet above 9rade~ due to the arc~~tectural style ~f the bungalow OD a pe~estal foundation. 2. PriYKl 1I3'1'ls'on: The plans for the additioD fndicate no new wiodows on the appellant's sfde and fDvolve onl1 t~e relocation gf one bat~room vindow t w~ich is intended to be designed to protect the privacy of the f~ture owner of the propertJ4 3. Tree Damage: T~ls concera was considered substantiwe and ConditfoD 1 ef the Zoning Admimfstrator~s decision is imtended to prQtect the a~pellant's tree fro~ damage. 4. Alli' ~_I;) __ [l __ yeil1ence and Safetz Impacts: As stated above" according t~ the app fcant~ the relocatioD of the garage ~ll take place wit~ Dr without the e~ceptfon being grar.ted. It is located withfl the lontng ordinance parameters for accessory structures. and requires no ,ariance or exceptfon4 It 1s also proposed fl i logical )ocation~ im terms Qf design, ab~ttfn9 the appe'lant~s garage. !lECOHIIEND~T1Il11'-_____________________ _ T~at the Planning Commission uphold the decision of the Zoning Ad~inlstrator and recommend that the Cft, (cunctl approve the subject Home rmprovement and Remodeling [,ception based on t~e findings and con1ftion. listed below. Emerson) • 1 --c 6/11/90 -3- \ , \ \ ~ \ -.:..;--- , 1-' . .' • -. -- ',' \ ";"<i'r·:...,:·4{:> ' "'~'\"1\'r''-/,::!~~·:~}}~;T. -3 'i·· 1f-1 _""" .... ..;:;;,;.....::... ...... _ ....... h .. ··:tJ·"''' .. ~ ..... ~_,..~'''·_4;~itt:_~.:l(J4! __ ~:;rs.~-~.~~_:~,~_~~r'.r~~'f.f_.:;,.". ... 'c~_~~~ ___ '"-"'~_ i rINDINGS i j l 1 ~ - J. Th~re are exceptfonal Qr extTiordi~irl cfrcumstanc!s or conditions applicable t. the propert, iovol,ed that do oot appl, generlll, t. propertJ fm t~e swme district. 11 that t~e residence is current'J noncomplying as t. the north side ,ard setback (3 feet where 6 feet is mt~erwfse t~e mi~fmul) and was constructed fa the earl} 1900$ il i Cllssic, symmetrlcal-bungalow'st,le with a 3,foot pedestal foundation. furthermore, the Tat fs substandard 1. size, measuring on11 5.250 square feet where 6,000 square feet is the .infmym lot size. and the property is adjacent to t~e Professo~ytlle Historic District; l. The granting of the application is deSirable for the preservation of an existing architectural st,le or ~efghborhood character~ whi~h would not otherwise be accomplfs'fled throug'fl the strict appHcatfofl e>f thls (:hapte-r., i. t~at while the addit10n could be accomplis'fled as a second-story additfonJ it could not be accomplished i. I symmetrical, architectural1J compatible flsbfon under the exlstiDg daylight ,lane requirements give~ the exist;~g positfon of the house on the ]ot~ furt~ermore, a single-stofY addition lrill ma'atai. t~e front gf the resi~ence as it fs, ~reserwfng the streetscape c~aracteT and art~itectural integritJ of the bungalow; and 3, The gr.ntlng of the appllc,tlon wIll net be detrImental or I.jurious to prDpert1 or improvements fl the wicimit1. il that the portfon of the project whicb the nelghboriog propert, owner finds objectionable is the relocation of the garage t. the nort_ Side of the property. The gar.ge relocation does ~ot require I wariince and~uld be constructed i, any case, accordfng to the applfcant. The rema1nder gf the 5ingle-story addition will ha~e less impact on the adjacent prQpertJ owners and the generll p~blic t~an a two-story alternative. @~DITI~~S~ ________________________________________ __ t. [xtreme care s~alJ be ta\en during the constructIon of t~fs project to prevent impact to the maple tree on the adjacent propertJ owner's lot. Trimming of anI branches or roots ~ic~ ~a1 ~aye cross~d the propert, line and imto the area of ~roposed constructIon s~all be supervised by a regfstered arborfst and shall be ccnd~cted 1m a fas~fo" which assures t~e cODtin~ed ~ealt~ of the eX1stfng tree. Litewise, since it has been reported that the ~aple tree has grown f~tertwined with I frwlt tree ~fc~ is proposed for removal, extreme care s~all be ta~en ;1 removiDg the frwil tree 00 the subject parcel t. as sur. that the •• ple fs not damaged ia the pr~ess. ATIACHMENTS Plans Minutes of the ~ay 3, 1990 Zoning Admilistrltor Hearing Application letter Appe.l letter dated ~al 2S. 1990 and letter and .aterills dated M.y 3. 1990 Zonlng Admi~istratcr decisfon loc.tlon PI.p File correspondence Emersonl 6/22/90 .1 -4- < ·"" - /' COPJ[S SOO TO Robe,t M_ Stelz". 690 Vaverll Street, Pal. Alto, CA 94301 c~u,t Finney and Joann! Carpenter. ]080 Emerson Street, Pa'~ ~ltep CA 9430] Emerson) .1 6/ZZ/90 -5- . - "I HUT £ [XC£RPTS FOR 1090 £R£RSOM STR££l FROM TKf MAY 3. 1990 PUBLIC H~IN6 QF THE PALO ALTO ZONING ADMINISTRATOR Nancy lytle: The first ite~ will be 1090 E~erson Street ~ic~ was continued from last we2k~ It fs an applicatfon for I Harne Tmprovement Exception to ~l]~ a 4].5 percent lot coverage to iccommodat! I 39S-square-foot s;n91e-st~ry addition to an eXisting single-story home where 35 per~e~t coverage would otherwise be the ma~;~m permitted. [t is exempt from the requirements of the Califorlia EDvironmental Quality Act and it is ia Zone District R-J. We ~ad i request fro~ a neighboring property owner t~Jt t~is item be continued tQ allow further rev lew. I ~ave 1 letter t~ the neighbors, Joanne Carpenter and Chuck finney. Whit. is dated ~ril 26~ 1990~ by tne applicant ~a ~as attempted to ~ake contact with t~e neighbors to present the plans an(f disc"ss thell. I appreciate tflat effort. I'll go ahead and open the hearing on this matter and the applfcant can ~e the first to speak and t~en ~e'Jl ~ear (rom anyone else w"o ~ould 1ike to speak. Robert Steltzer: My name Is Robert Steltzer. I a. the applicant. My address is 690 Yaverley~ Vhat J would like to do is iS~SS any Ittempt to remodel as I series ~f compromises and as .e~ve taten I 10o~ at t~i$ project and ~ave ~et wfth staff and the arc.itect. our sense was t~at the plan t~at we ~ave prGPosed prcbablJ is the least restricttve 1~ terss af impact on neighbcrs and also 1m order ta ~ai~tl;' the ITc_itectural lategrity of the propert]. Ve coald ~aye added a second story. Ve ~ave decfded not to add a second story t~fnking that mignt be more onero~s tm the neighbors, exp~fa't, slnce on one side the setback is oDl, 3 feet, the existing setback is 3 feet ~here 6 feet is required. Ve~ve decided to keep it all on one level. Agail. t~rough attempts workfng with stiff a~d the arc~itect» we feel we~~e come up with i ,Ian that will g;ve us t~e square footage that we would be .llowed under FAR and yet try to keep it as unimposing and fa order to try to ~aimtai~ that level of ~tlle ~f Irc~ltecture that eXlsts~ Wit~ that, I can answer questions you mfgnt lIave. Nancr lvtle: I don't hive any questions but I ~ou'd like to hear from anyone else ~o cares to speak to t~rs~ JoaNne Carpenter; I am Joanne Carpenter. IOSO E~rson Street. I do ~ave i letter responding to the letter appare~tl) you ~ave. !'_~_'!~..l_...!:.l.!l!: 00 you 'Want to 5u1T1Il!rize that (Of' me or should f talce time to read it? ~ann~_ Carpenter: You can read the letter or it your leistjre when you conSider your decision. Whatever you prefer. I do ~ave a statement summarizing our position IS the next-door ~ome owner said. It ~ill take ~e less t~an te~ mfnutes. for your reference, this lS a copy of the block book wl1iclll .;'ght be hel,phl. It s1lows the aru. ] suppose jlou've seen that before? £mersonjNl Page I or 1 -L \ \ " # • • , . I r ; ,/ Nancy lytle: Tes. I'. f.mlll.r wIth the block books. Co you want to leep that? Joanne Carpel'lter: It's for your reference. My name f~ Joanne Carpenter. I live it 1080 E~erso~ Street. My husband, Chuck Finney. and ] ha~e owned t~is bame for 11 years. Our ~ome is located ia the block of ~erson between Addison O~ the nort_ and tincoln on the south. Our ~ome is on the west side of [merson. Our lot 1$ the t~ird IDt from the corner of lincoln. The applfcint~s lot is the second lot fro~ the ~Drner of tlnc~Tn. Our home is .ext door to 1090 [mer son on Ue nort~ toward Addison. A Took at the copy of • portion of the page of the City of Pal. Alto block book for this are., which I present i. this ~earfngt shows the two lets. They appear to be the S~ size and shape. Our home Is • two-,tory brow. s~fngT.d home bullt in 1908. It ~as abo~t !,SOO square feet of If~iog space ~;t~ t~ree bedrooms, ~ne of Which we use presentl, is I de~. The sout~ wall of our home is about 22 feet from the north vall of the applftant'5 house. Put another wal~ our house is .bout 19 feet from the mut •• l fence betweeo the lOBO and 1090 Emerson lots. The applicant's drawings 5~aw .fs house to be about 3 feet or so frOB the fence o~ our sfde. Our lot, the southwrsterl section, which includes our lard and bedrooms ~ould be most directly detrlment,ll! affected by the granting of the application for ex(epticD b~t of course the character of our entlre ,ard and house and our use a~d enjoyme~t of both fAsfde and outside ~se would be seriously impacted. Ve oppose the grlntfng of the applfcation for exception for 1090 [merson. Accordlcg to the Cltl of P,l. Alt.'s booklet, P,lo Alt. ZODing ~uideboot for t~e R-I propertl owner, It page 25. certaiN findings must be ~ade by the Zonfng Admi.istrator to gr.nt t~e exception. One of these is the granting of the exceptfon would not be detrimentll ta surrounding propertJ owners and residents. We believe that the g~antfog of tne exception would~ i. fact, be detrimental tc our propertl and to us~ Ve understand that this Home Improvement [xception procedure is i new one. It fs impossible for ~y husband and I~ as next-door home owners. tD prepare an effective opposition to the application for exceptfon f. ,lannfog or IrcRltectural terms. Ye ~ave no such trailing nor are ~e fl I pos1tion to .rre architects or ~ther professionals to prepare drawings of our bome and ~ow suc~ ~ould relat~ to the applicant's plans~ however, we have lived fl o~r home for ]1 years and will try to explii. effectfvel, the impact that grantfnq of t~e exception .auld ~ave on our f.~ill. I .nIl s"bmit some snapshots and ~.ve provided the copy of the titl bloct boot referred to~ Ve also flave taken i few l1easurements. I~ve spent an hour it City Hall looting over a portion of mateTTal submitted b1 the applicant for the exception~ Because of t~e nature of ~y ~usband~s job, he has not ~ad a~ opportunity to look It sue' papers nor can he be here w;t~ me today. The grantfDg of t~e exception ~ould be detrimental to ~s i. a number of vays. 11I'ill try to present these facts by describt~g the exisUr.'Ig ~ond;tions and how t~ey .auld be ~hanged. 1) As can b£ seen fr~ the applfcant's dra~fng, the existi~g bouse at 10S0 Emerson is not centered on the lot but the existing open space bact lard i, essentl,lll the shape of a rectan9le~ II the so~t~ side of SUCN ~ rectangle is the existing one-car garage. the west side of t~e rectangle is the fe~ced alley. The north side of the rectangle is the fe~ce bet~een our two lots~ The fourt~ side of the rectangle is the existing batt wall of the exfsttDg bouse. 2) Our bouse. likewise, is not centered on its lat. The ba(k portion of our yard is ~lsc the s~ape of a re(tangle~ Our one-car garage is in old one measuring 13 feet i. width and about 17 feet i. length. It Is located 00 the alTey, • couple of feet nort~ of the fence betwee~ the two lots. Ve ilso ~ave a strip of yard that is about 19 feet il ~dth running llang sfde the sout~ wall cf our house, that is between our south wall ,t 1080 [DerSOD and the north wall of ]090 [mersonjllL Page 2 of 7 L \ • , , , , -~I ~ JlI!. .)~~::~--:J' /~, \ i " , , I r • i i J 1 j j , /' ;.,.- Emerson. 3} If the exception were to be granhd ... substantill proportioa of the existing open spice yard It 1090 Emerson closest to us wo~lt be filled with structures~ Instead of horizontal and vert;tal open space, which prgvides ~s wit~ light. I circ~latfo" of afr and sight lines to ~k1 and (olfage, we would be confronted 'IIHh I wall 1 feet from Ue fenc.e. TIllis is not onl1 wlsuall, oppress;ye but deprives bot~ our bact and side yards and t~e bedrooms of our ho~se of .. substantial 11g~t source as well as 'irc~lation of ifr. fraN our bedrooa windows It the southwest corner of our house and fro~ the yard space next to the fence w~ere we now see and feel open space, $~1 and ligbt reflected frOA folfage and fro. t~e wall. T~is wou1d be • ridie.l change to the e~fstf~g home environment. 4J Although an i~rease fro. 35 percent tG 4] percent lot coverage seems i small change, so-(all~d footprf~t ~f structures allowed by t~e (ft, wit~out t~e exception, this footpri~t change relativel, is not so small. What seems espfc1allJ unfair to our property and tc our f~;TJ, from our 'f€wpo;~t~ is that most of the appltcant~s ,1an snows structures ef one sort or another onto the portion of 1090 Emerson that is naly 3 feet from us. 51 Should this exceptf~n be granted, we ';ll also experience not on1J the ~al) ~th the implications discussed, but also Signlffcant f~trwsion of OUT prfYiCY. We also would think that future occ~pants of 1090 Emerson to w~om t~e applicant would sell when be has completel, developed .Is propert, would feel I deflolt. lick of prfvacy fr .. our side. 6} There are other facts we want to bring forward. Ve have a beautif~l ;ld ~aple tree im our yard and fe~ce between the lots. There~s presentl, an old frwlt tree just i. back of the e.istlng back door of the e~lstiDg ~ouse. Both of these trees are tall. almost as 'igh as the roof and their foliage 1s more or less fltertwined. They're essentiall¥ next to each other sepanted by the fence and probably C to 5 feet of earth. We presume the applicant vo~ld want to remov~ .fs tree and are ccncerned about potential damage te our tree ljPOD such removal and/or possible ~al"ll to our tree;' the event .Is tree Is replaced by • structure. The demolition of the applicant's existfng garage and constructfoD of a new one-car garage 3 feet frON the fence between the two Jots not onl} obliterates open space discussed already but also ad~s to congestfon. tignt turofng conditions and parking proble.s i~ the .lley irea. ~e submit some snapshots whIch we hope vl11 be helpf.l I. communicating appreciatfun of t~at situatfon. The three lots frootlog OQ [mersoo Street .t t~e souther. end of the 1000 block and t~e two l.ts .t the so~ther. end of the 1000 block fronting ~n Hfg~ Street back on t~e a1ley. ~one of these lots possess driveways off the frontage of the lot, that fs EaersoD or High respectivel). Exit and entry to lincol. street fr~m and to respective parking and garages takes place ,fa the alley. Recently, a property also frontfng [merson ~th an existing driveway OD Emerson. closed that access and ~pened a door t~ alley e~1t and entry. Tlil is tne fourt~ lot on £Merson counting (rom Lincoll. Adding to the diff;c~lties of backing and turlfng safel} is the fact that tenants from the apartment bouse occupying the second lot facing 0" Hfgh Street park f •• s.a11 space par.l1el to the alley just behind the 1080 garage and 1Q90 now existing fenced yard. Sometimes t~e former owner of the applicant~s property, now deceised, would bact his car out Df the existing driveway at the same tfme we would be backing out of o~r ~arrow garage door. ~either drf~er could see the other unttl having backed out a good dfstance beginning a right angle tUfn into the alley. The existing separation between our garage and that ~rese~tl1 existing at 1090 Emerson is about 28 feet. filS offers I ~argi. of safetJ il such l"stinces. If applicants plan to build a new one-car garage, as shown im 'ls drawing, risht next to our existing garage alongs~Cfe a new parking ,lace fo-r another automob;le~ there is no ~ar9f. and t~e potentfal for trouble. We belfe~e the facts we present today ampl1 support a finding t'at tbe grintlng of the [me rsonj)/t Page 3 of 1 .. I ~ I I t , l ~, '.' , \ \ , \ \ .. ':'!!' \' .- , - Nancy Lytle: It's like I ~anorama. Joanne Carpenter: Tnit~s rlg~t and the red car. I~ve explained OD the back. it is 1. the same posltion 11 eith of the p~otograp~s. Haney lytle: Can last )OU just a few questions? JOil:_~ne Carpenter: If you thfnk of this end of the table as one, thfs-is He existing garage at 1090 and t~is is looking toward Li~c~ll. T~is is our garage. This is t~e fence betwee~ lOSO so this shows the existing garage and this car is parked fa the same positio~ III the way along. T~js is il front~ essentiall,. of where they ~ould opea this ~ew garage ind extra parking space. This Is our garage. This Is the 3-foot ~easurement. Jhls Is l.herod on the bact. The car ~as not been moved so eventuall, where the car is. I presume, would be t~e ope~'og of the new garage door. T~is shows the car backiog o~t of our garage. Tlis car ~as DDt changed its position. It shows essentiall, what you do not see and thfs is also explained on t~e back. This is t~e riew t~rough the back of t~e ¥hite-topped car_ There Is Ihfs .ld garage off the property on High Street on t~e other side of the all.y whic~ is directly i. batk and t~en~ t~is fs"'t shown ~ere. but thfs is the end of the fence that goes right angle t. the fence paralleling the .11ey so it comes out. Jhis propertJ ~as I driveway going onta ~1gb. !I __ il_I}Sl....!:1JJ~: So this garage is ldIere OD bere? Joanne CarDenter: ~ere's 1090. Here's 1080. As we're backing out~ t~is is _~at I see baci,ng out. Then t~ts is essentiall, bebfnd. Tlls is one buildfng but I don~t tnow the 'fstory of thfs at all~ So it's i barrier and there ;s t~;s space fl front of It ~ere people Qften park because t~is belongs to an apartment ~ouse that fronts on Hlg~~ The apartment house is essentiall, over ~ere so ft can be very, very tfg~t on occasion and I think if you had some time to go out and look it 1t~ •. I thint it's self explanatory and here's another look. Nancy L¥tTe: So ~hat you~re sa~ing is that having t~eir garage next to yo~rs is going to create ~ore potentfil for conflfct between the vehfcles 11 eac_ garage? Joa~ __ ne Carpeflter: It's iI potenthl fit terms of co'lfsion~ It certahl.1 is i day-to-day proble~ for people li'lng there. !a,_rl..£l._J-1lli: Are you concerned t~at people are going h pari: there or ire )CU <oncerned about the enterlng and exiting? ~.oanne Carpenter:: 'ie've Hved next to this alley for 11 years and, would I c~oose, I ~ould not be backing 0' an olley. Sometimes it's .sualll blocked up ..• you ~ave to educate, sometimes gardeners ire wDrkfDg Jlaces and they ~ark 1m the alley and t~e peoplt don't understand but OD I daJ-to-da, basls. thfs existing space woul~., .. it's the nOnl~ If you ~ere to come and look at III these properties. as fir as I know~ I'. not sure about tne corner ~f AddisOD fmerson/m. Page 4 of 7 »' ,,' ---•. _>,'. - - .. • .. , .. '-. f ~ ! 1 l f i , i \ -' . ~.' - • but if you w!re tc examine the backs of all these propertfes, you ~oula see that .11 these old garages, and this f. an old neighborhood, are .11 occurring It the same corner~ There is not~f~ here next to e~c~ other and, of course, this Is the list R-J blo<t so we ha,e .11 this commerc,.l down here and we have real surface commert;" ~n the other s'de of t~at 50 [ think when you have t~e time, the p~otograp~s and the block book could explaia ft. They~re not profess;onal but I t~int they re~resent the situation. ".nc~ lytle: les. That's very helpf,l. I will go back out and take .nother loot it t~at. Design-wise, it's often preferable to put the two str~ture$ next to eac~ ot~er because baYing those two accessory buildings ... J.oann! __ Carpenter: I dcn~t know much about de-sign. I'll dellling wiU iI procedure here that ~e are faced with and ~e~re tr~1~g to explai~ how we would be .ffected by It i. the bost terms th.t we c.n. Nancy lytle~ So yo~r preference would be garage over on this slde, tssentfall,? Joanne Clrpenter~ I don't know anyt~fng about desfgn. l~m here to opp~se the applicatioD as it stands. ~ancy lytle: Are you willing t. think about what lind of redesign might be possible to mate the tmpacts on you less severe? Joanne Carpenter: Ve dOD't know what t~e options are to the applicant. We don't know anything abo~t architecture. As I ~entioned~ we can't 'ire i pf'ofessional. Nancy lytle: let me see if I can expTafl some af that to you. What t~ey're asking for is to exceed t~e 19t coverage whfc~ means If t~ey ~ere denied the request, they could build .11 thIs where It is and they aigot choose t. just cwt back on t~fs part over here whic' I don't think would matter much tQ yoa. Mr. Steltzer, what ~uld be your options for cutting down? Robert Stt!JJ_~ __ er! Acha111. we already have I permit to add t to demolish the old garage and'put it rfgnt De~t to her garag~, Simply because fl terms Qf both archltect~rll11 and i& terms of line-af-site is better off those two ne.t to each other and l\'S less imposing fl te~s of havfng to 100\ at another structure fro~ the sfde. We Ilso ~ave a pe~it to extend the bedroo~ back. ~at t~is exceptfoD fs a~ta!lT, dOl~g is asking ~s to add the square footage on the other side of the property to have I fa~iT, roo~. TechnicalT,. jf we're deRfed this, what ~e do is cwt out the famil, roo~ and we just have to go ahead and build ~at _e already ~ave 1 permit for whic~ i~ the new ~aster bedroo~ wbith is alon9 that walT. Any new construct fan cannot be 3 feel fro~ your propertJ. It has to be wit~fl the setbacks ~fc. is 6 feet so yoa woul~ not ~aye another line af this ~ildfn9 continuing down. It hai to be set in 6 feet. We could not continue 1 nonconforling setback ~o any new construction needs to be .t tho 6·foot setbacl. ~ancy lytle: Mr. Carpenter, let me sho~ you what he's t.lking about. The reason t~at t~fs indents ta t~e 6-foot milimu~ is because they ~aven't asked for a ,arfance to the setback reQuirement for the new wall. They're coming il 6 feet bere. T}is structure. atcessDrY bu11dings, ire allowed to go right up t. the propert} line. Emersonjl(L Pag" 5 of 1 • • "j --. -. r ! . ; --.- • , . . -, ./ ... 1> ~_~.'-~~._;.lI"-~>;":l"<'~'""_~"'::..-4 .... '""-,-~~---.-,,~..:::;,:;--,.-.-."r.~~~"""~""_~'C Robert Sttltzer: Three feet. ~ancJ ____ .wte: No. They <an go right up to it. ¥OIJ can actualT, go rigM up t. the edge of the propert, provided that the height of the buIldIng i. such that it's underne.t~ • specifIc daylight plane and that ~ay be why you held back a little blt··.o that your eve won't cro.s to the neighbor's side of the property and S. you can fit I. under that daylight plano. But these structures can act~al1J go rfght up a9ai~st the propert1 line. Joanne (ar~enter! Wby does the garage have to be moved from where it is now? Vhy does-the old garage need to be demolished? R{)bert ___ ~_~_~Jtzer:: To answer t"at, the oak tree t~at is half there, hi the lidare of thegarage. fell on the exlsling garage. If you look it it, it~s an old struct~re. One, fl's termite-rfdden and two, it is structurally ~ot sound anymore after that oak tree fell on the garage. It is o~11 a ~ne-car garage altho~gh it is i wlde one-car gaTage~ It's not a safe structure to par\ vebfcli!s. Joanne Carpenter: You~re Dot talking about the Oo~gll~ firs t~at fell il the storm Qf ' 83? RoboIl _S!~tzer: There Is • tree that's about 5 feet ~fgh that's been cut off and that~s ~ere that tree literall, fell_ If you lo~t at the garage. itTs sway bact. The optfons t~at were i~allable to ws were to tear dawn the existing struct~re and build a ~ew ~Duse or to try to add a second story_ Joanne Carpenter: I'm sorry, if you were to add, say t~at agai~? .BPbert __ i!~JJ.~_~r:. It was OUT latent te ... ft's one of th{ls.e things ... guess you~re damned if you do and damned if you don't .•. tf we ~ad gon~ fl and tarD the thing out~ it ~oul~ have bee~ an uproar. We wanted to save the ho~se. rhe nouse l eveQ t~ough it's small, it~s a small, conventlonal one-bath that ~as i lot of arc.ite,turll c~aracter to it. We~d lite to save that, keep t~e front perch and add another bedroo~ and extend the titchen to ~a\e it 10tm I ramil] k'tch~n and famil, roorn to ~ate ft I much more liveable fa~ll1 house. The intent ~as always been to try to ~afttafl the existing and not to have to tear it out and bulld something ~onstrous as people are complaillDg about and Ue design that we've w~rk.ed o~ is the one we thoug'ht was the least restrictive. Our feeling is t'ilat YOQ wouldn't want iI large two-story hO\Js.e next to you and/or ~ large second-story additi{lD. Tbis would enable ~s to get the additional sQuare footage with the least flfrfngement up~n the nef9~bor~ood so thatPs why we~ve tateA the approach tnat we~ve tlkeR~ Again, the extra ~ percent is allowing RS to add a faail, room on tne other side Qf the pr~peTtl f. that I1-foot space between the property line as opposed to the l-foot space and~ agaf~~ t~e optfons ~ have if we don't get tAts is t~at .e just go ahead and build the other or have to real 1, conslder the possibilit, Qf eit~er gofog up, maybe 10s\D9 the ~o~se. Joanne Carpenter; Vell, ve wish to regfster under the proc~~ure. this exception procedure, what we ffel t~e facts are. Na~cl Lytle: Tnank you. ~y f~rther response needed? Would anyone else like ta s~eak to thls item or ~ave any questions abo~t the Flans? Seefng no one, we will close the public hearing. T~anl you very ~uch for ca~ing twice. Jhant you fer preparing the p~otogrip~s is well. Th.t's .ery b.lpf,l. l.nll tlIerson/llL Pige 6 of 1 t.-, '" ~. I, I ,r I ' ! I i C' t ' r I f I I " y .. ' .... I:~~ .;d read t~'s Yttter more carefwlly once t~ts ~eiTfng 1~ over. ~$. Carpenter. nank you. £lI1erson./Nl Page 7 of 1 ,--~--~ ---" l:,,.,r. i·~y ";C:i~,ri1bU dt)r C 1ty J~ Palo ,:'\:U) 250 Harr,~ :T.rJl1 A',;E.'!"',Ge r'a18 Alt-], C~11forn~a [J/"I",-..'1d.t,;Jii Cf .PtAAINING CUy c~F PAlO ALTO 7(J -1I{~-7 n~p anaciH·d app1icatiCl', \S a fE-qt.:esr for &.e gra~,cng c-f a ril]l(.':- lrr,p rC'I.:emf:'r;t rerr.ode1 except10n 'w'e r;eed to aOJ a:: adcl1t1Cir~dl b~jro(lrn .3;1d t'atJ-j ,):1ij far:-li i'l area but wau!d i ike to keep ~}-Ie iGteQ: ~t/ cf r-I-;E 3~cri!~er:t'~:;3J 5ty!e Intact Addi:-og a se(C~d story gi\t'en tr;e I'".f.:''.''-' daylig-i':. piaf'e v.'r)lJid resuit in an ocfU1y placed. ~Jt cF ch2racter, 5e('~(>j :,tory, OJ" r'~>()J,:"St 15 t,) 800 rnosr_ t.f the add,ttifJal sqcare footaqe 2i]('.A'3t2[e unljer ,h2 i=-J\P sCindards tc; the flrst floJr by !ncre3':.;:r.g ttl~ l(~t fJ1\Iera'}e to :,() ,~;% 'fr;(' req..;Est i5 madE fDr t~:e fo:iov.':r,g reasons' ''A~e feer 'J;3t trlere are Exceptlor,aT cor!d:tl~,ns app11cab12 tc ~r:c ~,ro~,ertr' 'J;~:;:n ~~aI-:'e the giant1rrg of a hCine IfPprOIJ'emer,t rerr~odp! e:<cepUor, tr·e I"':'-:c~;t .3rprc.},r1c~e option for rernoc)el1ng this prGperty rh:' -=~.!rr~r-'~ alf"2\I.Able FAR based 01 a ~0t SiZe of 5,250 sq ft i5 2,325 5'~ ft ~ite m8)(;fr11j1"n lot c{)\/er~~ under current cod<? IS 35~ Of 1,837.50~:f f[ Tne t?:i. Isung rE'S!dellce lS a 2 bedroopv 1 c,at~l slr-'gle sr.Vty sr_nJcture cf 1,:'1'37 sq. ft. r iuS 402 sq. ft. ef i~rage afHJ porc~:es U!'tG.'i-cur r ~:t ~l[-(iT::$;Ce 31i additional 656 sq, feet Of 11'J!r:g space cou~;j te a:jded by ..3;jji~'1 a 'SffClnd stury add,'~LJf':. Ho\},!eve., ~..: Ii 1 :~: e r:~ost of l~;e ;: :-opcrl:fs In r~e r,2iqt:t: 3FfJ[J.09' Jhe house Is not centered on t.~,e rer Ci'Jt .-at'1er is ~.Iftpd to C'~"'I: Sia_:.. (itt-Ie prDperty gj'u'ir-g it a s!dt' setbaCK of 3rt tr:()n-· ',J.'f1t1Jr-:--Q,[lq', (0() trrat north Slrje \ .... !tJere 6ft 15 (urrer'tI'y' re'-~il ;fl:'lj '~,'Ir_:' lp,3 T.p .... ' cIa'tllght plariP irr eFfen af'JY SEcc:r,jj SLcry ;j.j~J:tl,~1(1 wou~lj ~iJ"J;~ ",~\ b:, '3rn·~tl:.d to t.he south one h.aIf cf ~~-:e hDu:::.e Acujitwnally the t-,~J'-llr,:~ S!,r'Jcture 15 tlUi!t a~: le8st 3 feet at,C:v'e grC1ijE ',,,,tJ!ch ',A,.'vuTtj UC'Clt.e e~t,ac;rd:rj2lry design conslder2tlons for a sf(or,d stDr',.-[j,dc!:ncln. M a;xfitL:l'1 g!"i~J t""~x OCsign n'str ictiClrls \",!Du:d tie \"ery re':~t;'-; ,::.th.'e a:-"d 'r"r/ ~"ii:JCh out cf step Wlth otr-Iei hOrTIes ir"l trH: ;::r2a(see a;~dchej rerllF'fir:g) The l;;rant;r,g of this 8ppllca~ion lS acidltlOf"ally des:rab1e ;n order to .:j;-e~,'J\ie tn2 ex 1stll1g a~ch;t~~t:Jrai st'rle "\o\o'hicr, is very rl"l!Jcrl ii: kCfplng , .... ':t~j a ne:,:t:t!!::rtIC~)ij \.,llich is a1jJ3cerit to tl":c h:storlc Prc:fess;::,rvil:e ;:'f'SU let ir,e e~lstlng structure is a bur,,;a:ow :,tyle. sing!02 s~~::ry horr,e t-15 C;t2'j at:~> ... e. g1';2f1 t~,e ex Isting deSi,]n (on,j!tior:s( he,rj t c~ bu ilj]r,g. ~ .. ]y :~ght rL:;ne consi,jc:-atirJr;s) a s-':'cood stcry add1t~[ln 15 r";'J'ch ~ess .. ...... ~.7·. S·.;. ,,; ... , .......... " '~-:":L ~ ~ ~ ,~7-~~ :F ". --;, -,' : Ut:-sirooie In ptaintalnlf,g tfJE' archltectural integrIty r)f tj,e cr:'~ir.al suu:~tljre, 5''1 keepr.ng the rer,-«:fel and expdnSfor, ali en or,e :ev~l tr,'2 look ",r :r:e or;g;nal archltectiJre will be reta;ned and rema'r (C'(\slstent wit~ the ex J:oUr.g nelg'lborhocd H,e ~;r3ntlng of this applicatIOn would alSJ) have jess of an ilr'i'act C!I1 the neighboring prop~rtles by avoidlnd a seccnd story whlCI, by I, S nature is mort' lmpco-ing on adja1:ent properties. 'A'E' a;J~rt'(!ate )'our COClsicleratioo of th15 ap.oTlcatllY1. Rob",rt M Stelzer " , - ,I i t .. '- . ... • . . ' " , . I - r'·····.:·.~·····, .' .. .., .-:,' ."~- 0" '-•• --~ ... ~ -':.;-. - - . -. ."_, ~--~. I . - Application No. 90-HIE-7: 1090 Emerson Street Home Im~rovement Exception gO-HIE·] is Ippr~ved for the 10catioo and construction Df I siogie-story addition to an e~istin9 single-story, s;ngle-familJ residence with lot coverage of 41.S percent where 35 percent is ot~erwise t~e ~axi~um perm;ttea~ is per attached plans it 1090 Emerson Street, Zone District R-!. Pllo ATt~, Califoraia. and is subject to conditions listed belo ... fiNDINGS !. There are ~xceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applfcable to the property f~volved that do not app11 generally to propertJ ill the same distrf.ct h that the residenc.e 1s currently noncomplying as to t~e nort~ side yar. setback (3 feet _~ere 5 feet I, otherwise the mimimum) and ~a5 construtted 11 the ear]! 1900 r s in a <lissie, sYlTlTletrfcal bungalow stIle vitlrl I; 3-foot ped'estal foundation. furthermore, t~e Jot fs substandard 11 stle~ measurln~ oolJ 5,250 squarf feet vnere 6.000 square feet 15 the m;.;mu~ lot siz~, and the property ;s adjacent to the Professorvllle Historic District; 2. The granting of the app1ication is desirable for the preserYltion of an e~istlDg ~rc~itecturil st11e or neighborhood c~aracterl wbic~ vould not otherwise be accomplished throogh the strict application of t)is cnapter i. that~ ~'le the add1tfon <auld be accomplished as a second-story additIon, it could not be accomplisned i~ i symmetrical, irc~ite'tural11-com~atible fas~foD under the ~xjsting daylight ,lane req~irements given the existfng positior. ~f the hous~ on the Tot. Furthermore~ a single-story addftion ~11 ~al~ta;m the front of tne reSidence is it is. preserving the streetscape character and arc~itectural imtegrit~ of t~e bungalow; and ~. The granting of the applftltion ~ll not be detrimental or i.jurious to propertJ or improve~e~ts il the viciaity it that the portion of the project whic~ the neighboring ~ropert, owner finds objectionable is the relocatfo~ af the garage t~ th~ nort~ side of t~e property. The garage relocation does Dot requirt a ~ariance ind would be constructed i~ an1 case. accordiag t3 the applicant. The remainder of the single-story addition will have less f~pact on the adjatent property owners and the general public t~an a two-story alternative. CONDITIONS I. £~treme care shall be taken during the construction of t"is project to prevent impact ta the ~apte tree Oft the adjacent propert] owner's lot. Trimming af any brinc~es ~r roots ~lch may ~ave crosse~ the propertJ lfne and ffto the area cf proposed constru<tion s~all be super~i~ed by a registered irborist and s~al1 be conducted 1ft a f~shion ~hich assures the continued ~ealth ~f the existing tree~ Likewise. since it ~as beeR reported that the map1e tree has grown i~tertwined with i fr~it tree whicJJ is proposed fOf" remonl, extreme care shall be taker.. 'ill removi:ng ki.901l7 Wl 5/17/90 Page I of 2 • \ • ';'''; f .~ ~,.,. f I I , r r , , , i , . I. : ~. L [ , t I ........ , .' .. ~. ' .. th~ frwit tree CD the subject parcel to assure thit th~ ~aple fs not damaged i. the prooe,s. ~Cl ~X llTLE loning Admflistratot lIay 11, 1990 NOTE Tiis fora does not constit~te the farfance for which application was made~ If the applfcatfon is apprcved and if DO appeal fTo~ this decision is filed by inJ ptrson. ff~. or corporatio~ affected by the decision 09 or by ~aJ 29. 1990 t you will receive i ·coPY (If ),our permit ill the lIIa11. If thh appHcation is not decided t~ ,our sat~sfaction~ the dttision may be appealed t~ the Planning Coomlsslon by filing an appeal appllc.tion with the Plann;n9 Oepartment and (it, Clerk on or before the above-me~tioned date. cc: Robert M. Stelzer, 690 ~.verley Street, F.l. Alto, C~ 94301 Joanne Carpenter and C"~ct Finney, lOBO Emerson Street~ Palo Alto t tA 94301 Sj11/90 Fage 2 of ! • '", " , '. " " '~.-' i r- \ I I c , - • TO S1 AFF REPOR T E'F1;:l~E~N::a'-" -:9;;:;;'O--::;-H;;!-;:E-:--!7~---.... -;,p.':':';;;';;::':"':;':-I (D GRAPHIC ATTACHMENT DA1E: 6-19-90 SOH: 1"-200"(PAGE 2) • • ~p~R7aJ~E~CT~:~A~P~P~E~A~L~O~F~A~H~O;M~E~I~M;P~R~O~Y~E~M~E~N~T=--t ~ EXCEPTION TO EXCEED 35% MAXIMUM lOr .' COYER"GE NORTH L c, 'c , \ \ \ , , -, c , "' .. -,.c ... , :1 i ":" ~--;:" ", \ -' -, " .- ./ I!~;';. ~ ~ (990 1Jv-&7 <>-zV t1fP :rCA.'--j. tLt.-,~~ ( ~ (' ~,J~r-<-;"L-J'. V<-<>'~ t2fv...d. I g ;990 ) • -' +--" , .' i , I , Mr. r<,_l<l~["l Stelzer St;:;t_nfnrd Financial Company Pea I tOL"S 690 Waverly Street Fi'lln .... 1 to, Ca. 943·01 .-, 1Q.8.0 Emerson S txeet Palo Alto, c~. 943Dl .A.pril 29. 1990 Re; Your application for a Home Improvement E~ception at 1090 Emersen Street Dei'll" Mr. Stelz.er: I found your letter dated April 26~ 1990 about 8;30 ~~ te><Jay .. Sunda}'~ April 2'9, 1990. tacked next to o-ur front door at 1080 EmersOn Street. We presume it ~a$ hand delivered on SatlJrday afternoon or earlier today since nei th~r my husband nQr I sa..., it Saturday morning or at any other time until this morning. Contrary to tIle impression you seem to have detailed in your letter .. regarding stated attempts to reach U5~ the only contacts I have had vith any present own~r of 1090 Emerson Street took pla<:e about the t.ime of the Christmas/New Year" s holidays as t.he for:bler o .... ners -of lOOO Emerson Street prepared to move-. I happened to be 'Working in our fro,nt yard and had a very informa1 conversation with a gentleman J presume is your partner to whom you referred in your letter. He mentioned some~in9 about putting in a ne~ foundation. I as~ed him to please let us know when 51J<:11 .. ork ,",ould begi n so that ""e could move our famjly·s pet rabbits from their pen next to the fence in our yard next door to 1090 Emerson. The gentleman with ..... ilam this conversation took place said h~ .... ould leave a business card. We did find an SFC business ca.rel in v'Jr msflbox toddY .. apparently left ,,·it.h your letter_ T did mentic-n to him that our telepho~.e nl.lmber 'Was unlisted. I never gave him or anyone else our teleph~ne n~~r_ From ~at time until .... e receiyed the City of Palo .Altors n.otice of hearinq scheduled for: April 19 .. 1990 on a !lome Improvemet"~t Exception~ ~e knn~ of no attempts to make us a~are of your plans for the property_ I am at a loss to expl;;;in how you would have been given a telepho-ne number £or us or tbat scme n,umber was found to l--:>.e no longer in service as your letter states. We never gave a telephone nUI1.ber to yO'.J or the m.ul ,",no apparentl'f is your , \ • r'i'l.l"tW'1 T!I .... tr;:]('pb0I10 H\llr.b·:::l: Ul,-,t '", .. ;: Ji,3;'.e 'We 1"":",';,,-, ]--;0,,1 fOL I1"JIII'/ ):'"':"'11;, It. is in f;!ct Hllli~U~"'~" "l~ .... -1 c.te the letter to th""! ci ty C'i .Falo Alto .lcq·,i12 s tir.g a f\OSI p .... 11('1'.r,cnt Qf the .hearing f,=,r tr,e 1·caS0n3. stated tr . .::-:."ein. It i~ h,";l.l" in light of my hUS}··il.nd'~ r=tn(l iTly ..... ·(,:::k cOT,:r,itir.E'Jlts tc Plf'LI'''l' t'"! for and appear at a 1111.lrsday. 3 PM hE:arir~]. v:e are attt'nipting to prep.3re C-l:r position a.::; to how t'h~ gra::Jtin'1 of 0- HOtlif' l.rnprovcment Exception for 1090 EnK'l sc·n Street .. ":·uld affect '..>ll, II"lLie-. We will have our positien pre[l2.red by tl',·~ ti.IC.C c,f t.lv'" j'o~.tpolled he.;;.ring on May 3 a.cld ... i 11 pz·coz.e:-lt it Fit "th'lt ti!'.:'.e.. Very tl'llly yours, ~~~v J0anr:.'; F.. Carpenter • "-\ --...... -...--..,---------.~.--., .. -........... -:~". , '. SFC 5(Ulfunl fInoll'o(i.J] Company I.e .. nuf'lo 690W.3"~~1 hie "J~. UlIomiil ~ 4l5-JLl-2&OO '8:fI - REALTORS '. Joallll' (arpalter ChU(~ F~.nney 1080 E 1T'.erson Street Palo Alto, (A 9430 I I hJW bl-en Informed of yo.;r le:ter 0' COr;[Ecrn tJ tene! Lytle, ZJr:;,~g Alln1J1i,trJtor foc tt,e City of Pclo Alto and wwld like to e<te~"j an opportunl,y fo.-you to meet with me to dis.cuss my propcsed plan for relnocle1Tlng and expand~ng 1090 EmerSCil Street I ca,; t·e reacr,E"j dl.J rl:-I~ lhe ruy at 321-2600 or in theevenlCl\\~t85..J-608i. Pnor ,ot;,ls lettEr I had left my bUSiness card at y':,., front clJQr with ;; s'r:',Ii;ar mfssag2 req.;51Jng to meet with you to discuSS the matter, I "as u"a~le to rE2el yw by pllone since you are not IIS::ed The phone numoer that my perener, ""flo has contacted you prevIously, left me prior to leavi,'g Ofl vacation fcr 3 w;>eks turned Q(;t to be flil longer In ser·, Ice OJr reqJest oftl'.e CIty is to allow U5 to ex eeed t~,e 359'0 IN cover2ge lImitation for the addition of a family m)m to gJ alDng with the r.13'"ter b.edroclToJ oath , and garage replacement for w1ch ·,,'e already have approJeJ plans anii bu!ldlng permits Issued Vie would 11ke to keep all of ttic eXp;lf\Sion at a Single story ratoi:r than to acXJ a second story wr,teh we could do wl:.Mut the need of a variance or home Improveme,lt EX cepti or: , I'm 5Jre If yc:<J were to rr,eet with cne and review tee p!ai',5 that you WOJld see that our prqJosal would be jess intrusive on your rrqJerty tr,an some of t'lc othH qJUIlf1S qJefl to lJS I look forward to hearong from yOIJ • \ • '} , / ..-d:A---vb <;~~- ~ (;1J-I<--v . .. -. ., f?n.... ,..-->/J", d: cue;"~ ('.-¥.~-~ -3 /9 '10 / jo/3<>1 ~:~ !I~t4~ ~a:,;u~tL 11__... 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CA 9430 I Dear 1'1L F IflIley & Ms. Ca rpen ter I am sorry that you have chosen not to avail ),ourself of our offer to meet with you to discuss our plans For 1000 EmerSUl and have chOSffi mste3d to appeal the Zoolng Mnlnlstrator's approval Gf our remOOel pla1. Fraflkly J am at a Toss as to \.",/1)' you nave er,tered . ~ <lPpeal since It was rna02 clear at (he hearing ,we alreaCl; ha'le a permIt to expand the property to the rear and to bu lid a new garaQe nex t to your !}3rage The request for a Hane Owners EX[ep tk.n 'N()U Id a1100w us to oul1d a family room on the other sio,; of the property away frem yours as the slQlllflcant dlfferen,ce to v-.Ilat we WJI,j wlfh th~ permit we already have. r would hate to think YLlU were fiilng In appeal rut cI spite. T~ City f1as Informed us that the appeal p rc>:ess \A;: II talE f r L,m 2 to 4 mooths. With th Is ad:led burQ.;n of holding the pr'p"rl,· thcr mucli longe, without befng able to start the rt:ITIoje! 1m afraid tile ecaromks flOW dictate aflother approach. If we 6ecfde not to walt out the appeal prOo:es5, we 0nll r,aV2 two chOiCes. Ole would to remodel with the pErmit WI' haVE wrlld', wruld expafld the back portloo of the Muse towards trle rear of tile prqlerty. removing the e~ !sttng tree and to aDd a gar age f\e:« to yrurs. We would, however. ~ Q,;n red a family room along tr,,, SDurrl 51,0,; of the property. CUr secmd choice wI1lCn flnw 15 the rr.ost ecOOOrT1lcally feasible and profitable would be tCJ just lear d~.·:[1 the eXisting structure and build a new two story home Within the current bulldlng parameters 'NflKh would no( provide far any Input (or appeal process from ne!ghborlflg properties. frankly this 15 the approach we now favor The Budding Depart1Tl<1lt says It can complete plan checks and issue permits with In 4-6 weeks. We have already decl.o,;d an the arch I!euu rE and have, as ol tOO2y, directed rur architect to st3rt ',\'8r,. an rhe pbns i; , , , r ~ • ~ ~ i ~~ , , r,/ j.,. : ;-, , , ! , .'." ,-....... ., .... , ... -' -'".,;~ : : r: - ~: , , , . - -. . -, - T~ hOJse we will be ~ulld will look and be SitUated CI'l the lot lih~ th.e two story hoose located at 350 Tenny-soo, PA QJ r Orlgillal lntent was to tluy th Is property and to expand It fa, use by a famlly while stl1l trying to maintain the ~tegrlty of trle charmll'l9 cottage style. It now appears that your attitude regarding thiS attempt wlll force us Into an approach wtIlch, althoug. lt wlli lJe probalJly be more profitable. wIll result In trlc loss another charming bit of Palo A1to·s unlC/Je arch Itectu reo Agam 'lie are SOHY you chose not to try to work with US directly_ .QJr \nvltatlm to you Is still open .. We can be reached at 321-2600. Sincerely ROOert M SteTzer Cornelius P. Cocllett , .. :">t-rt/,,· ')'; -) ".: . '" • ."-. ,- f ,