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..... ~.., : .~.' pt :" os.. :. .1''" f\ltp . : .~n'?h'~ , IIJ. .u.. Jt. .~. ~." ..........."- CITY OF RIVERSIDE Riverside ..... mr "PeopfeServing People" City Council Memorandum 1998 HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: April 6, 2004 ITEM NO.: 10 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT: Administrative Planning Case P03-0554/P03.1281 (6951 Royal Hunt Ridge Drive) BACKGROUND: The subject site includes an approximately 5.01 acre vacant lot situated at the northerly terminus of Royal Hunt Ridge Drive in the RC Zone. The applicant's proposal includes a grading plan with three multi level pad areas containing a total of 38,189 square feet to facilitate the construction of a 8,014 square foot single story dwelling and a 2,000 square foot single story auxiliary dwelling unit. The proposal includes a variance request for dwelling height, to allow an auxiliary dwelling unit to be located forward of the rear most wall of the primary dwelling and to allow an auxiliary dwelling unit that exceeds the maximum permitted area. The Zoning Administrator approved the variance for dwelling height and denied the request to locate a 2,000 square foot auxiliary dwelling unit forward of the rear most wall of the primary dwelling. Due to the large size of the proposed pad and its encroachment into the boundaries ofthe Alessandro Arroyo the Zoning Administrator also denied the exceptions from the grading ordinance to allow an encroachment into the Alessandro Arroyo and the required 50 foot setback, to allow a pad containing 38,189 square feet where a maximum of 21,000 is permitted and to allow the slopes to exceed the maximum permitted vertical height (see Exhibit B). The applicant has appealed this decision and submitted a revised grading plan that reduces the total graded pad area from 38,189 to 35,000 square feet by decreasing the size of the two smaller pads proposed to be located within the boundaries of the Alessandro Arroyo from 7,893 to 4,704 square feet (see Exhibit A). The size, design and location of the proposed single family dwelling and auxiliary dwelling unit remain the same. Although the pad area has been reduced all the original variances and grading exceptions continue to be required and the recommendations of the Zoning Administrator remain unchanged. RECOMMENDATION That the City Council: 1. Approve the variance for a maximum one story, 25.5 foot high dwelling. 2. Deny the minor conditional use permit and related variances to allow an approximately 2,000 square foot auxiliary dwelling unit located forward of the rear wall of the primary dwelling. 10-1