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PLN15-0232 - 1208 St. Charles Street - Applicant: Paula Mathis and Tom Ellerbe. The Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing to consider Design Review for a project consisting of the demolition of a two car garage and the construction of an accessory structure that will have a three car garage and an artist studio. The proposed accessory structure is approximately 880 square feet which is less than 40% of the required rear yard allowed for accessory structures per Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) Section 30-4.1(d).7. This project is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15303 - New Construction of Small Structures. (Continued from January 9, 2017)
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: David Sablan
Planner II
BACKGROUND
On November 14, 2016 staff approved Design Review to construct a new 920 square foot three-car garage with attached artist studio at the rear of a large 22,000-square-foot single-family residential property at 1208 Saint Charles Street. The same day, the Planning Board called for review the Design Review approval per Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) Section 30-25.3(c) after hearing concerns from adjacent neighbors over possible impacts of the construction to three large Coast Live Oak trees on the project site. The Planning Board requested the applicant provide more detail on the foundation plans to demonstrate protection of the trees consistent with recommendations in the arborist report. The applicants have since worked with their certified arborist, architect and engineer to address the Planning Board and neighbors' concerns.
ANALYSIS
Existing Conditions
The project site is approximately 22,000 square feet and consists of two legal developable 11,000 square foot parcels entirely owned by the applicants. Adjacent to the project site are two parcels that consist of a community pool and pool house, b...
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