COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Planning and Building Department

 

DATE:

July 12, 2010

BOARD MEETING DATE:

July 27, 2010

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

10-Day Notice

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

   

FROM:

Jim Eggemeyer, Community Development Director

   

SUBJECT:

Adoption of an ordinance amending the County’s Zoning Regulations/ Local Coastal Program (LCP) Implementation Plan, amending the Design Standards for One-Family and Two-Family Residential Development in the Midcoast.

   
 

RECOMMENDATION:

Adoption of an ordinance amending San Mateo County Ordinance Code (Zoning Annex) Chapter 28.1 to modify the “Design Standards for One-Family and Two-Family Residential Development in the Midcoast,” to incorporate suggested modifications by the California Coastal Commission.

 

DISCUSSION:

Background and Proposal: County Planning staff is recommending that the Board enact a zoning text amendment to the recently adopted Design Standards for One-Family and Two-Family Residential Development in the Midcoast. This ordinance was adopted by the Board at its May 11, 2010 hearing to incorporate suggested modifications by the Coastal Commission and was subsequently submitted to the Coastal Commission for certification. Coastal Commission staff found an error in the ordinance that differed from the modifications adopted by the Coastal Commission at its December 10, 2009 public hearing. At its June 9, 2010 hearing, the Coastal Commission granted the County a one-year time extension (until June 10, 2011), to correct this error. County staff is asking the Board to adopt an ordinance to modify these recently adopted zoning regulations and correct this error. Staff will then submit a copy of the ordinance to the Coastal Commission, and the proposed amendments will go into effect if the Coastal Commission then determines that the County’s approval is legally adequate.

 

Proposed Amendment: In Section 6565.20.C.1.b(2), the word “limited” should be inserted so that the sentence reads “Allow limited excavation when needed to blend the house into the site.” The reason for this change is that it was inadvertently not included in the documents considered by the Board on May 11, 2010. The practical effect of this change is not substantially consequential.

 

Report Prepared By: Matt Seubert, Project Planner, Telephone 650/363-1829

 

The proposed amendment contributes to the 2025 Shared Vision outcome of a Livable Community because it will allow the enactment of new design review standards for one-family and two-family residential development in the urban Midcoast.

 

County Counsel has reviewed and approved the attached materials as to form and content.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

It is not anticipated that this proposed action would have any fiscal impact.