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"PeopleServing People" CITY OF RIVERSIDE City Council Memorandum Riverside ~lI-America C~ 1998 HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUIqCIL DATE: July 13, 2004 ITEM NO.: 20 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT: ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING CASES P03-0554/P03-1281 - 6951 ROYAL HUNT RIDGE - REVISED GRADING PLAN AND GRANNY FLAT BACKGROUND: The original request by the applicant was to construct an 8,014 square foot. 25.5 foot high single story dwelling and a 2,000 square foot granny flat, and grade an approximately 38,000 square foot stepped pad on an approximately 5 acre parcel at the terminus of Royal Hunt Ridge, in the RC- Residential Conservation Zone. A number of variances and grading exceptions as detailed in the attached reports were requested in conjunction with this application. The Zoning Administrator approved the variance for dwelling height, denied the minor conditional use permit for the oversized granny flat, and denied the requested grading exceptions, thereby denying the request to expand the existing pad. The applicant appealed the decision and has requested several continuances in order to revise the plan to address staff concerns. The applicant subsequently revised the project to shift the location of the auxiliary dwelling unit and reconfigure the pad. The plan as currently proposed shifted the location of the auxiliary dwelling unit from a site forward of the primary dwelling approximately 38 feet from the front property line to the side of the primary dwelling approximately 120 feet from the front property line. Additionally, the applicant has clarified that the auxiliary dwelling unit living area is approximately 1,366 square feet, and not 1,500 square feet of living area as originally identified. The main pad has been reconfigured to reduce the pad area encroaching into the Alessandro Arroyo behind the main pad and expand the pad area along the side of the dwelling to accommodate the new proposed location of the auxiliary dwelling. The total graded pad area was reduced 38,189 to 35,000 square feet by eliminating the smallest pad which extends into the boundaries of the Alessandro Arroyo and expands and relocates all but approximately 900 square feet of new grading for the remaining secondary pad out of the required 50 foot setback from the Alessandro Arroyo. A portion of the exsitng pad was graded and remains with the arroyo setback as well. Additionally, staff further recommended that the auxiliary dwelling unit be shifted approximately 8 to 10 feet to the northeast, closer to the main dwelling and reducing the height of the adjacent slope. In response, the applicant has also submitted a revised grading plan which includes staff's recommended revision, further reducing the slope height to approximately 30 feet in height (see Exhibit 1). Grading exceptions are still required for overheight slopes and additional pad area. The applicant has submitted additional variance justifications for the size and location of the auxiliary dwelling unit. Staff can support the requested variances and grading exceptions, based upon the applicant prepared findings as supplemented by staff (see Exhibits 2 and 3). 20-1