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Certificate of Approval - PLN17-0447 - Jack Backus Architects - 3278 Garfield Avenue. The applicant requests a Certificate of Approval for a second story addition to an existing single-family residence, built prior to 1942, that will result in the removal of more than 30% of the value of the existing structure. The project has been determined to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301 - Existing Facilities- minor alterations of existing private structures.
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Henry Dong
Planner II
Date: December 7, 2017
Re: Certificate of Approval - PLN17-0447 - Jack Backus Architects - 3278 Garfield Avenue
The applicant requests a Certificate of Approval for a second story addition to an existing single-family residence, built prior to 1942, that will result in the removal of more than 30% of the value of the existing structure. The project has been determined to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301 - Existing Facilities- minor alterations of existing private structures.
BACKGROUND
On August 25, 2017, the applicant submitted an application for Design Review and Certificate of Approval for a second story addition that will result in the demolition of more than thirty percent (30%) of the value of a residence built in 1913. The existing 1,200 square-foot residence contains two bedrooms and two bathrooms on an approximately 4,300 square-foot lot. The approximately 1,050 square-foot second-story addition relocates one bedroom to the second floor, adds two additional second-floor bedrooms, and enlarges the kitchen and living rooms on the first floor. The resulting size of the residence will be approximately 2,200 square feet in two stories (Exhibit 1). The applicant also proposes to replace an existing detached garage that was built in 2009 and is not subject to Certificate of App...
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