REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2015-8086
Location: 568 South Frances Street (APN: 209-30-020)
Zoning: R0-HH (Low Density Residential / Heritage Housing)
Proposed Project:
Appeal by the applicant of a decision by the Zoning Administrator to approve a VARIANCE with conditions to modify the roof style of the detached garage to a flat roof and reduce the height to be no higher than the proposed wall height.
Applicant / Owner: Efrat's Design Studio (applicant) / Efrat and Lior Barak (owners)
Environmental Review: Class 1 Categorical Exemption
Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Residential Low Density (0 to 7 du/ac)
Existing Site Conditions: Single-Family Residence
Surrounding Land Uses
North: Single-Family Residence
South: Single-Family Residence
East: Commercial Office
West: Single-Family Residence
Issues: Setbacks, Height
Zoning Administrator Decision: Approval of a Variance for reduced setbacks and proposed size and dimensions of the garage with a condition to reduce the overall height of the garage with a flat roof style and walls no higher than proposed wall height.
Staff Recommendation: Deny the appeal and approve the Variance with the conditions to modify the roof style of the detached garage to a flat roof and reduce the height to be no higher than the proposed wall height.
BACKGROUND
The project site is zoned R0-HH (Low Density Residential, Heritage Housing Combining District) and located within the Taaffe-Frances Heritage Neighborhood. This neighborhood is one of the oldest in Sunnyvale with a concentration of homes constructed between 1920 and 1940. The original character of the streets within this neighborhood remains intact from the original Pal Jose subdivision in 1925. The lots are typically 50 feet wide and 130 feet in depth with a long driveway, typically leading to a detached garage in the rear yard that is close to ...
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