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December 8, 2021 at 9:30 AM

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ITEM:
3132 Charing Cross
Variance - PVAR 1802906
 
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is requesting the approval of standards variances to construct a new approximately 2,764 square-foot (SF), three-story single-family residence with an attached 453 SF two-car garage on a vacant uphill hillside lot. The project site is 6,069 SF in area with frontage on Charing Cross Road located in the R1R-II (Restricted Residential Zone, Floor Area Ratio District II), described as Lot 1, Block 2, Tract No. 9327 (APN: 5660-015-018). The variance requests are as follows: construct a new single-family residence on a vacant 6,069 SF lot, which is less than the code-required 7,500 SF minimum lot size; reduction of the required interior setback (for the building and retaining walls greater than three feet) and ungraded open space on a lot with an average current slope greater than 30%; and increase the maximum allowed floor area ratio (FAR).
 
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
The Community Development Department, after having conducted an Initial Study, has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the project.