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San Bruno Planning Commission Meeting
August 16, 2011 5B 114 Acacia Avenue
A
Now
we'll
move
on
to
agenda
item
5b,
which
is
114
acacia
Avenue,
a
request
for
a
use
permit
to
allow
the
construction
of
a
new
home
which
increases
the
gross
floor
area
of
the
existing
home
by
greater
than
fifty
percent
to
sixty-three
percent
and
exceeds
the
forty-four
percent
lot
coverage
requirement
by
one
percent
per
sections:
12
230,
B,
1
and
12
230
B
three
of
the
San
Bruno
Municipal
Code
staff
report.
Please
thank
you.
As.
B
Stated
the
applicant
has
applied
for
a
use
permit
to
allow
the
construction
of
a
new
home
which
increases
the
gross
floor
area
of
the
existing
home
by
greater
than
fifty
percent
and
exceeds
the
forty-four
percent
law
coverage
requirement.
The
subject
site
is
located
on
the
east
side
of
acacia
avenue
between
santa
lucia
avenue
and
san
felipe
avenue,
and
is
currently
developed
with
a
one-story
single-family
tamale.
The
applicant
is
proposing
to
demolish
the
existing
single-family
dwelling
and
replace
it
with
in
another.
B
B
If
you
would
there's
an
attachment
included
within
your
staff
report,
Exhibit
D
that
displays
the
original
elevations
of
that
original
proposal.
So
you
can
see
the
elevations
there.
Additionally,
I
would
like
to
point
your
attention
to
a
graphical
image,
also
included
as
Exhibit
D,
showing
the
original
roof
bridge
in
relation
to
the
side
property
of
118
acacia
Avenue.
So
you
can
see
that
roof
ridge
was
blocking
two
of
the
second-story
windows
at
118,
acacia
Avenue.
B
Since
the
architectural
review
committee
meeting
the
applicant
and
the
concern
property
owner
have
worked
very
closely
with
one
another,
they
have
redesigned
they've
gone
through
a
number
of
design
revisions
and
finally
agreed
upon
a
cross
gable,
roof
design,
and
this
does
one
major
thing:
it
limits
the
height
of
the
overall
home.
So,
instead
of
being
19
feet,
8
inches
the
new
cross
gable,
design,
maxes
out
at
17
feet
two
and
a
half
inches
at
the
front.
Gable
the
rear
gable
would
max
out
at
14
feet
three
and
a
half
inches.
B
The
concerned
property
owner
has
since
submitted
a
letter
with
a
number
of
questions
regarding
how
height
is
measured
in
the
overall
planning
and
building
process.
This
was
included
as
a
war
was
handed
out
to
the
planning
commissioners
prior
to
this
meeting.
Additionally,
stats
comments
and
responses
to
those
questions
within
the
letter
r
were
also
distributed
to
the
Planning.
Commission
staff
did
contact
that
concern
property
owner
today,
and
we
did
address
some
of
the
items
mentioned
within
the
letter.
B
The
concern
property
owner
was
satisfied
with
staffs
response
and
now
has
a
greater
understanding
of
how
height
is
measured
in
general
and
has
a
greater
understanding
of
the
planning
and
building
process.
The
property
owner
is
no
longer
opposed
to
the
proposed
addition
in
regards
to
the
specific
law
covers
entitlement
staff
really
looks
at
one
thing
and
that's
if
there's
a
number,
if
there's
a
good
amount
of
open
space
on
the
law,
and
in
this
particular
case
we
do
find
that
there
is
a
good
amount
of
open
space.
B
They
have
a
15
foot,
front
yard
and
a
23
to
25
foot
rear
you.
So
we
do
find
there
is
adequate
space
in
the
rear
in
overall
on
the
site.
Staff
does
find
that
the
addition
is
consistent
with
residential
design
guidelines.
For
the
most
part,
they
are
incorporating
horizontal
hardiplank
siding,
which
is
a
common
feature
in
the
neighborhood.
B
Additionally,
the
home
will
also
incorporate
a
shed
dormer
on
the
front
elevation,
which
will
probably
provide
additional
architectural
interest
and,
furthermore,
the
windows
and
window
turns
will
be
consistent
on
all
elevations,
with
that
staff
is
supportive
of
the
proposed
of
the
proposal.
N
recommends
that
the
Planning
Commission
approved
the
project
subject
to
findings
affect
one
through
seven
and
conditions
of
approval.
One
through
26
within
the
staff
report
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
C
B
So
Exhibit
D
was
the
original
design
that
the
Architectural
Review
Committee
for
a
dormer,
that's
with
the
three
dormers.
So
the
proposal
before
us
tonight
is
one
shed
dormer
and
is
included
as
Exhibit
C
within
your
staff
before
so
includes
a
cross
gable,
roof
design
with
that
front,
Gable
running
in
the
north-south
direction
and
the
rear
gable
running
in
the
east-west
direction
and
that's
included
as
Exhibit
C
within
the
staff
report.
A
proposal
before
that
I.
B
B
C
A
D
Good
evening,
good
alma,
her
here
and
my
wife
Jan
and
our
architect,
Jerry's
here
as
well
as
our
neighbor
eileen,
is
here
that
had
the
complaints
on
the
original
design.
When
we
made
the
first
presentation
to
the
Architectural
Review
Committee,
they
reviewed
it
approved
it,
and
we
were
moving
forward
at
that
time.
I
leaned,
the
neighbor
to
the
north
at
118
had
some
concerns
about
the
view
and
light
that
that
design
was
impacting
her
home.
D
We
came
up
with
a
few
designs
which
we
didn't
like
Matt
mentioned.
Several
there
were
six
redesigns
which
our
architect
did,
which
we
over
the
course
of
about
30
to
45
days
decided
that
was,
it
was
an
okay
design
for
us,
Eileen
and
I
met
went
through
it.
We
installed
some
storyboards
up
to
show
the
dynamics
of
where
the
roofline
ridgelines
would
be.
D
We
looked
at
it
with
a
with
a
cautious
I.
The
redesign
removed
some
of
the
dormers,
as
you
saw.
We
have
a
shed
dormer
still
remaining
to
keep
some
of
the
look
of
the
of
the
home.
We
also
removed
and
lowered
the
major
Ridge,
which
was
impacting
her
view,
the
most
the
roofline
that
was
basically
running
from
north
to
south.
D
We,
we
lowered
that
when
we
reconfigured
the
dormer
along
with
that,
we
change
the
orientation
of
the
ridgeline
to
east
and
west
more
or
less
that,
coupled
with
changing
the
pitch
and
the
design
of
that
roof,
lowered
the
roofline
Ridgeline
down
to
approximately
one
foot
higher
than
the
existing
home.
That's
there
now
we
Eileen
and
I
looked
at
that.
We
erected
storyboards
to
those
Heights
and
Eileen
had
indicated
to
me
at
that
time
that
it
looked
okay.
She
still
had
some
concerns
and
questions,
some
of
which
are
in
the
letter
that
you
guys
have
tonight.
D
I
think
matt
has
given
a
good
good
display
of
what
we
intend
to
do,
or
hope
to
do,
and
I
think
that,
with
the
compromise
that
we've
made
with
our
neighbor
I
hope
to
be
a
good
neighbor
and
hope
you
guys
can
see
that
I
think
we've
done
everything
that
we
can
to
accommodate.
You
know
the
neighborhood
that
design
our
wishes
and
our
neighbors
our
architects
here,
if
you
need
any
question,
Jen
and
I
are
here
for
any
general
questions.
Thanks.
A
A
C
E
Mm
I'm
the
neighboring
question:
I
live
at
118
acacia
and
before
I
start,
I
want
to
thank
the
mockers
janice
and
out
for
their
cooperation
and
their
flexibility.
It
was
really
a
wonderful
thing
to
work
with
people
who
are
willing
to
compromise
and
I
believe
we
did.
I
have
no
objection.
I
am
the
one
who
wrote
the
letter
to
match
earlier
and
in
that
the
first
exhibit
a
is
the
is
the
written
one
that
al
showed
me
that
that
he
then
visualized
by
putting
up
the
storyboards,
which
is
next
and
this
we
agreed
to.
E
A
F
Just
really
want
to
comment
on
acknowledge
the
applicants
and
the
neighbor
is
that
when
you
do
come
together
and
work
through
things,
you
will
be
neighbors
for
many
many
many
years
and
for
the
purpose
of
public
to
recognize
and
see
that
it
really
makes
sense
to
meet
and
to
have
discussions,
and
sometimes
you
have
to
go
through
some
peaks
and
valleys
to
get
to
that
point.
But
in
the
big
picture
it's
a
win-win-
and
this
is
a
very
very
good
example
of
that.
F
Win-Win
combination
and
I
really
appreciate
her
in
both
sides
is
a
very
thorough
presentation.
The
storyboards
make
a
huge
difference
in
being
able
to
see
what
the
picture
looks
like
I
appreciate
as
well
having
Eileen
here
to
present
her
cited
here.
Your
points
of
views
in
clarifications,
and
you
did
an
excellent
job
and
I'm
very
pleased.
F
I
want
to
acknowledge
Matt
for
his
presentation,
the
thoroughness
of
working
on
this
project
and
certain
it
was
a
combination
of
staff
and
doing
this,
and
this
is
a
really
good
example
of
making
a
planning
commissioners
job
just
pleasurable
to
do
this
work.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
acknowledge
the
team
for
all
of
this,
so
with.