HomeMy WebLinkAboutAV 87-07; DALE & RENEE VAN HOUTEN WALL; Admin Decision LetterPLANNING DEPARTMENT
Citp of Carlsbab
January 10, 1988
Dale and Renee Van Houten
2475 Jefferson Street, Suite 303
Carlsbad, CA 92008
2075 LAS PALMA$ DRIVE
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92009-4859
(619) 438-1161
SUBJECT: ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE NO. 87-7 -REQUEST TO PLACE A
5' STUCCO WALL 5' FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE ON A
THROUGH LOT
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Van Houten:
The Planning Director has completed a review of your application
for an administrative variance at APN 207-412-16, located between
Telescope Avenue and Hillside Drive. After careful consideration
of the circumstances surrounding this request, the Planning
Director has determined that the four findings required for
granting an administrative variance can be made and, therefore,
approves this request based on the following findings and
conditions.
Findings:
1. There are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or
conditions applicable to the property or to the intended use
that do not apply generally to the other property or class
of use in the same vicinity and zone.
The subject site is exceptional because it is a through lot
which consists of a very steeply sloping, unusable frontyard
and a small usable rear yard. The rear yard is located at
the same elevation as the street. Without a fence at the
requested location, the residents would have no privacy
because all yard areas are extremely visible.
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Mr. & Mrs. Van Houten
January 10, 1988
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2. The requested variance is necessary for the preservation and
enjoyment of a substantial property right possessed by other
properties in the same vicinity and zone but which is denied
to the property in question, because other homeowners in the
neighborhood have the opportunity to have private outdoor
areas somewhere on their lot while this property owner does
not.
3. The granting of this variance will not be materially
detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the
property or improvements in the vicinity and zone in which
the property is located because the properties across the
street are located at an elevation 16' higher than the
subject site and will not be adversely impacted by the
proposed fence. Landscaping is proposed to soften the
appearance of the fence.
4. The granting of this variance will not adversely affect the
comprehensive General Plan because no use change is being
proposed and the variance procedure is an implementing tool
of the General Plan.
Conditions:
1. Approval is granted for AV #87-7, as shown on Exhibit "A",
dated January 10, 1988, on file in the Planning Department
and incorporated herein by reference.
You have the right to appeal this decision to the Planning
Commission within ten days of receipt of this letter. If you
have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to
call this office.
CITY OF CARLSBAD
MICHAEL J. HOLZMILLER
Planning Director
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