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RESOLUTION B.Z.A. NO. 154-553
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS OF THE CITY OF
HERMOSA BEACH GRANTING A VARIANCE ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT
647 LONGFELLOW, HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, the Board of Zoning Adjustments of the City of
Hermosa Beach, at a public hearing held on March 5, 1984, in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall, considered the request of
Gerard & Barbra Huth for permission to add over 40% to an
existing single family residence with a nonconforming rear yard
of 2/2' in lieu of the 3' required and a nonconforming sideyard
of 1.7' in lieu of the 3' required, on property legally described
as Lot 40, So. Cal. Convention Hall & Marine View Tract;
WHEREAS, as said public hearing, the following facts
were presented for consideration: the project is located in the
general plan designation of low density residential. ·The lot
area is 2,500 sq. ft. The existing and proposed lot density is
17.42 du/ac. The existing lot coverage is 28%; the proposed lot
lot coverage, 58%. The existing square footage is 724 sq. ft.,
and the square footage of the addition is 748 sq. ft.;
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the applicant's
representative stated that the 2'2" rear yard is only a small
portion of the rear of the site. The major portion of the back
part of the house is in conformance with the Code. There is a
2'3" sideyard at the southeast corner of the building and the
front of the building has a larger setback. The walls of the
building are not quite perpendicular. A double-car garage will
be added where only a single-car garage is existing. The project
will remain under the allowable lot coverage and height limita-
tion.
WHEREAS, at said public hearing no one appeared in
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opposition to the proposed variance.
WHEREAS, after due consideration, it is the opinion of
the Board of Zoning Adjustments that the variance request is
granted, for the following reasons:
1) That there are exceptional or extraordinary circum-
stances or conditions applicable to the property involved because
the existing structure was built in 1939 and predated the
existing Code.
2) That such variance is necessary for the preservation
and enjoyment of a substantial property right possessed by other
property in the same vicinity and zone .because any modification
of this property would require a variance; expansion of the
property from the existing square footage, to a more typical
square footage by today's standards~ is certainly a substantial
property right that many other people in the same vicinity and
zone have exercised.
3) That the granting of such variance will not be
materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the
property or improvements in such vicinity and zone in which the
property is located because the current sideyard variances are
not an egregious problem, and this does not modify them in any
way, the new construction being entirely within the Code;
parking is up to Code.
4) That the granting of such variance will not adversely
affect the comprehensive General Plan because the property is
currently within the General Plan, and ·this variance does not
change its use.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in view of the
findings, the Board of Zoning Adjustments does hereby grant the
~a~iarr6e by th~ ·following vote:
AYES: Comms. Berardo, Corder, Cutler, Williams, Chmn. Moore
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution BZA 154-553 was ·
adopted by the Board of Zoning Adjustments at a regular meeting
held on the 5th day _of ,M~rch, 1984.
Date: ¼hj( ' 7
CAR~AN
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