REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Title
File #: 2015-7361
Location: 354 Amaryllis Terrace (APN: 209-42-009)
Applicant / Owner: CCI Evelyn Park, L.P.
Proposed Project:
USE PERMIT to allow the addition of a two-foot wooden lattice to an existing perimeter wall (varying 10-11 feet in height) of the Classics Evelyn Project. The lattice addition was requested by the single-family residence property owners adjacent to the development.
Reason for Permit: A Use Permit is required for fences in the rear yard exceeding eight feet in height (SMC 19.48.025)
Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Issues: Height, privacy, and neighborhood compatibility
Recommendation: Approve with conditions
NOTE: This item was continued from the Zoning Administrator Meeting of 6/10/2015.
Report
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant proposes the addition of a two-foot wooden lattice to an existing perimeter wall (varying in height 10 to 11 feet) of the Classics Evelyn development in the MS-ITR/R-3/PD zoning district. A townhouse development is currently under construction on the site and the lattice addition was requested by the six single-family residence property owners adjacent to the development to address privacy issues.
Zoning District
MS-ITR/R3/PD
Existing Wall Height
10~11'
Setback
0'
Proposed Wall Height
12~13'
Previous Planning Projects related to Subject Application: A 31 unit townhouse project was approved for this site in 2014.
2013-7468 (SDP, VTM)
Neighborhood Preservation Complaint
None
Deviations from Standard Zoning Requirements
None
Background
On August 26, 2013, the Planning Commission approved a Special Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Map to demolish two industrial structures and construct 31 three-story townhouse units. The approved project included the following actions responding to and addressing neighborhood privacy concerns:
* Eliminating one unit from the middle of the building facing the sing...
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