DATE: May 4, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director
SUBJECT
Home Avenue Single Family Residence: Adopt a Resolution Approving a Site Plan Review and Grading Permit Application for Proposed Single-Family Residence and Attached Accessory Dwelling Unit on a Vacant 0.21-Acre Hillside Lot with an Average Slope Greater than 20% Located at 2579 Home Avenue, Assessor Parcel No. 081D-1660-040-00, Application No. 202000579, Bich-Khoi Do (Applicant) and Bradley Switzer Trust (Owner)
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) approving the Site Plan Review with Grading Permit application for the proposed single-family residence and attached accessory dwelling unit on the vacant hillside parcel located at 2579 Home Avenue, based on the required Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval.
SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting approval for a Site Plan Review (SPR) with Grading Permit application to allow the construction of a multi-level, 3,777-square-foot single-family residence with an attached 1,196-square-foot Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) with related on- and off-site improvements on a 0.21-acre (9,301 square-foot) vacant hillside parcel located at 2579 Home Avenue, Assessor Parcel No. 081D-1660-040-00.
Normally, Site Plan Review applications for single-family residences within the hillside areas are subject to administrative staff level review. However, the City Engineer determined the average slope of the property exceeds 20% which requires City Council review for the Grading Permit per Section 10-8.023 of the Hayward Municipal Code. The project was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing on January 28, 2021 who voted 4:2 to recommend approval of the project. The project was subsequently reviewed by the Council at a hearing on March 2, 2021 and the project was continued to May 4, 2021 with a vote of 6:0 to allow the Old Highland Homeowners Association...
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