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CITY OF B URLINGAME
VARIANCE
Variance for Side Setback
Address: 1568 Alturas Drive
Item # 1
Meeting Date: June 10, 1996
Request: Side setback variance for a deck and hot tub with a 2'-0" side setback where 7'-0"
is required (C.S. 25.28.072, 3a) at 1568 Alturas Drive, zoned R-1.
Applicant: Steven B. Groubert
Property Owner: Same APN: 027-021-290
Lot Dimensions and Area: 99' X 122' = 12,078 SF
General Plan: Single family residential Zoning: R-1
Adjacent Development: Single family residential and Mills Canyon
CEQA Status: Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section:
15301 - Class 1(e): Existing facilities- additions to existing structures provided that the addition
will not result in an increase of more that 505 of the floor area of the structure before the
addition.
Summary: The applicant is requesting a side setback variance to build a deck and hot tub within
2'-0" of the side property line at 1568 Alturas Drive. The project includes extending the master
bedroom and adding a master bath and deck. The deck is a second floor deck along the back
of the house and drops down to a proposed hot tub area. It is the proposed hot tub area of the
deck along the north west side property line which creates the need for a variance. The required
side setback for a lot 99'-0" wide is 7'-0", where two 2'-0" is proposed. The portion of the
deck which is within 2'-0" of side property line is 13'-0" long and the remainder of the proposed
deck is setback 9'-0" or more from the side property line.
This lot slopes steeply from the back of the house to the rear property line. The deck is 9'-6"
above the grade at its highest point and at grade at its lowest. All other zoning code
requirements are met.
Front Stbk (lst):
(2nd):
Side Stbk (L): *
Side Stbk (R):
Rear Stbk (lst):
(2nd) :
Lot Coverage:
FAR:
Height:
Decl. At.:
Parking:
PROPOSED
+31'-0
Not applicable
2'-0"
Not applicable
50'-0"
50'-0"
20 %
Not applicable
17.5'
complies
2 covered
1 uncovererl
EXISTING
25'-0"
17'-0"
50'-0"
50'-0"
13%
16'
2 covered
1 uncovered
1
ALLOWED/REQ'D
15'-0"
7'-0"
15'-0"
20'-0"
40 %
20'-0"
1 covered
1 uncovered
VARIANCE
Meets all other zoning code requirements.
* Variance for 2'-0" side setback where 7'-0" is required.
1568 ALTURAS DR.
Staff comments: The Chief Building Official stated in his May 20, 1996 memo that Engineering
design will be required for post-supported addition and the 9" spaced plastic coated cables may
create a strangling problem for small children. The City Engineer and the Fire Marshal had no
comments on this project.
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