COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AGENCY

DATE:

October 20, 2003

SET TIME:

9:15 a.m.

BOARD MEETING DATE:

November 4, 2003

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Marcia Raines, Director of Environmental Services

SUBJECT:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Consideration of an appeal of a decision by the Planning Commission to approve a Minor Subdivision to subdivide an existing 19,707 sq. ft. parcel into two parcels consisting of 10,834 sq. ft. and 8,873 sq. ft. located at 2279 Alameda De Las Pulgas in the unincorporated Redwood City area of San Mateo County.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Board of Supervisors deny the appeal and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to approve the minor subdivision, County File Number PLN 2001-00080.

PROPOSAL

The applicant proposes to subdivide an existing 19,707 sq. ft. parcel into two parcels: Parcel A consisting of 8,873 sq. ft. and Parcel B consisting of 10,834 sq. ft.

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION

The Planning Commission approved the project (4-0, Commissioner Silver absent), and imposed an additional condition which increased the proposed side yard setbacks for future development on Parcel B from 5 feet to 10 feet.

In view of this appeal, the applicant is requesting that this additional condition is removed and therefore the side yard setbacks will revert back to five (5) feet as set by the Zoning Regulations.

SUMMARY

This appeal relates to adjacent neighbors' concerns that the proposed subdivision will adversely impact privacy, drainage and traffic safety and that the resultant rear parcel (Parcel B) will not be large enough or suitable for residential development.

The applicant's engineer has provided supplemental information as part of the application, which shows a variety of options in relation to the drainage issues raised by the neighbors. These options have been given a preliminary review by Planning staff and the Department of Public Works, and were satisfactory for this stage of the application. A number of conditions have also been recommended, addressing traffic safety and drainage issues.

Staff believes the proposed subdivision complies with General Plan Policies, Zoning Regulations and the Subdivision Regulations.