To:
Hillside Building Committee
From:
Hugo Vasquez; Hillside Development Administrator
Date:
June 16th, 2021
Subject:
Combined review for a hillside designation removal at 6010 N 41st Street (APN 169-22-068).
Narrative:
The applicant has requested that the hillside designation be removed for the 1.01 acre property. The new project has an application date of November 24th, 2020 and will be reviewed under the 2018 Hillside Development Regulations.
Lot Data
1.
Area of Lot
1.01 ac or 43,985 ft?
2.
Existing Building Site Slope
2.00%
3.
Average Site Slope
3.00%
Background
The property located at 6010 N 41st Street currently contains a 2,800 ft2 residential home constructed in 1963 and sits on a 1.01 acre lot. The lot is within the Hillside Development Area, per Figure 1 of the Hillside Development Regulations.
Those areas marked in Figure 1 and to all lands where the natural terrain under the building pad has a slope of ten percent (10%) or greater, whether shown on Figure 1 or not. However, a 10% or greater slope, in an area not denoted in Figure 1, created by a natural wash on land that otherwise would not be classified as hillside land shall be exempt from the hillside regulations.
Request for Hillside Designation Removal
The subject property has a slope of 3.20% and a building pad slope of 2.00%. For more information, please refer to sheets A01-A03. By removing the Hillside designation, the property would be required to conform with non-Hillside building regulations which allow for freestanding site walls but reduces the overall maximum allowable height of the residence.
Section 2210 of the current Hillside Development Regulations provides the removal process:
The Hillside Building Committee and Town Council shall review plans for any request to remove a property from the Hillside Development Area. This process applies to properties that are designated within a Hillside Development Area and have a slope of less than ten percent (10%). If a prope...
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