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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/07/1997, 5 - 1939 HAUSNA DRIVE, SAN LUIS OBISPO A 116-96FROM : Panasonic FAX SYSTEM PHONE NO. an. 07 1997 OBPM P2 Wu 1111i. Lo'WUP.� _ `'. R1 TO SAN LUIS OBISPO CITY COUNCIL S'UBJEC'T: 1939 Hausna Drive, San Luis Obispo A 116-96 Concerning my being charged a second time for the planning application, I think this is a major error and simply wrong. I've not changed the plans at all, therefore according to city rules,l should not be double charged. The plans are identical! Re: the same 3 feet from the sideyard, the same 5 feet from the back fence, the same 8 foot driveway and the same plans to build specified carport Not one thing has changed. We've only put the carport on the other side of the house. This carport was designed before the surveying was done. Therefore, everything about the planning application is identical. So rather than "waiving the fee ", we must acknowledge that they have already been paid. Thank you, Alana Reynolds OLA,, TO -AL P.01 .er • January 7, 1997 To.: SLO City Council From: Diane Hull 1939 Huasna Street Alana Reynolds Objection by Applicant to Second Condition for Exception I support the applicant's objection to the second condition suggested by city staff that the existing driveway ramp and paving be removed. City staff maintain that unless a driveway is set back 20' from the street, the driveway itself does not provide a legal parking space. Most families that I know, and I am confident that council members will concur, regularly use their driveways for guest parking or their own personal parking. My neighbor, who has a two car garage and three cars, never parks in his garage. He told me that a workshop is the only practical use for a garage! Two of his cars are always parked in the driveway. I believe that a parked car is the most common use of a driveway in all of San Luis Obispo, and that, de- facto, driveways should constitute a legal parking space in a single family residential neighborhood (because they are used as such). The existing driveway at 1939 Huasna provides a perfect off - street parking space. Currently, the fire hydrant on the side of the applicant's property removes one parking space. The new driveway and carport will add two new parking spaces. Whether you leave the old driveway intact or rip it out, there is no net change in parking spaces available! This just isn't common sense!! Applicant's Request for a Fee Waiver Prior to the initial application for the administrative use permit, the applicant personally measured the distance from her home to her lot line using the point markers on the sidewalk concluded that the distance was sufficient but that the fence was not correctly placed and was one foot short on her property. After the use permit was submitted and approved, the applicant hired a professional surveyor. The surveyor discovered that the property line markers placed on the sidewalks by the city staff in 1962 were wrong, and that the fence was in the correct place. The applicant had the opposite side surveyed and discovered that fence was one foot inside the property line. As a result of these findings, the applicant was forced to put the carport on the other side. The application for the administrative use permit had not changed since the original application did not specify which side of the house the carport was to be built. The application stated that "the final goal is satisfying the City of SLO's request to have a covered parking space." The requirement that the applicant pay the administrative use permit fee twice is unnecessary because the change in location of the carport was a direct result of the city incorrectly placing lot line markers in 1962, and that the application itself did not change. Sheetl 7- Jan -97 1939 Huasna Drive Alana Reynolds Schedule of Costs for Carport Addition Fees Required (or made necessary) by City of SLO Administrative Use Permit 213 Energy Report 125 Attorney 800 Professional Planner 300 Administrative Use Permit 235 1,673 Other Pre- Construction Costs Surveying 500 Re- Surveying 300 Move Gas Meter to Other Side 500 Draftsmen 400 Engineer 300 2,000 Lot Line Adjustment Expenses Title Policy 400 Lot Line Adjustment -City Fee 386 Lot Line Adjustment - Public Works 378 1,164 6" Purchase of Neighbor's Property 1,500 Current Costs Incurred 6,337 Estimated Costs to Complete Cut curb and new driveway approach 2,100 Pour concrete in new driveway 3,000 Remove fence and build new fence on correct property line 1,000 Construction of Carport 3,000 Future Costs to Complete 9,100 Total Estimated Project Costs 15,437 Additional costs required to make converted garage up-to -code (est) 500 Additional costs, if required by city council: Estimated cost to remove existing driveway 3,100 Prepared by Diane Hull, CPA Page 1 Standing of Infersecfion of Huasna and Lima,1 pm Today, January 1,1991 Looking North Note; Cars parked on street Looking South Note; Fire hydrant on right in front ofAlana's House at 1939 Huasna Aland Reynold's House 1939 Huasna Front View Standing in Front Yard of 1939 Huasna Looking South Nofe: Cars parked in driveways Front view of house up the street on Huasna. This is an example of many homes on Huasna where the side yards are paved and the single driveway is used fo park 2 cars. f 1 i'1' fl 1 f 11 111' Standing in Front Yard of 1939 Huasna Looking at 1940 Huasna, The House Across the Street Note: Abandoned driveway is intact, Double•wide driveway with side for parking only, Car on right is inoperable, Side View of 1940 Huasna from Lima Street Note: 2 car garage with double driveway. Car on left is inoperable, This house has 4 parked cars in 2 driveways, One additional car is covered and parked on street.