REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Title
SUBJECT
Proposed Project:
VARIANCE: to allow a 6-foot high fence within the driveway vision triangles.
Location: 1345 Eleanor Way (APN: 313-01-048)
File #: 2018-7881
Zoning: R-1 (Low Density Residential)
Applicant / Owner: Patrick Banks (applicant / owner)
Environmental Review: A Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Project Planner: Momoko Ishijima, (408) 730-7532, mishijima@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The applicant requests a Variance to allow a 6-foot high wrought iron fence with wood posts at the front property line and within the 10-foot driveway vision triangles of the project site and the neighboring property to the right (north). The Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Sections 19.34.060 and 19.48.020 requires fences to be no taller than 3.5 feet in height (or open fences to be 4.5 feet in height) within the driveway vision triangle. A Variance approval is required to consider the fence to be higher than 3.5 feet.
A Vicinity and Noticing Map is provided in Attachment 1, and a Project Data Table is provided in Attachment 2.
Previous Actions on the Site
A Design Review (#2016-8014) application was approved on December 16, 2016, to allow a new one story home resulting in 3,570 square feet of floor area and 30% floor area ratio (FAR). A Neighborhood Preservation complaint (#2018-2828) was opened in October 2018, related to a fence exceeding 4 feet in height at the front property line.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
A Class 3 Categorical Exemption relieves this project from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions. Class 3 consists of the new construction or conversion of small structures such as fences.
DISCUSSION
Site Layout
The subject property is located on a 11,733-square foot lot on the northwest side of a three-way intersection of Eleanor Way and Ramon Drive. The project site is triangular in shape a...
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