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3. ) TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS May 13, 1998 Staff Report to the Planning Commission RE: REQUEST FOR A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR ADDITIONS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS OF AN EXISTING RESIDENCE; LANDS OF DORRIAN; 13113 BYRD LANE (#50-98-ZP-SD). FROM: Suzanne Davis, Planner 3 C) APPROVED BY: Curtis S. Williams, Planning Director RECOMMENDATION That the Planning Commission: Approve the requested Site Development Permit, subject to the recommended conditions in Attachment 1. BACKGROUND The subject property was created as part of a two lot subdivision (Tract 2902) that was recorded in 1961, and is located on the west side of Byrd Lane, at Natoma Road. Access to the site is from a concrete driveway on the left just after turning onto Byrd Lane. There is an existing 28 foot wide driveway easement over the applicant's lot that provides access to the lot behind (west). The gross lot area of 2.04 acres is reduced to 1.88 net acres due to the exclusion of the driveway easement. A new driveway was constructed in 1997, and the lower portion of the access easement will be changed so that it is over the actual driveway. The applicant and neighbor are still working out the details of the new • easement. Both the existing (to be abandoned) and proposed easements are shown on the plans. The floor and development area numbers for the property are based on the exclusion of the existing access easement. The numbers will likely be lower when the new access easement is recorded, however, the proposed project is not close to the maximums and the numbers would not change substantially. The Planning Department approved a previous addition and remodel of the existing residence on May 31, 1996. That project included an addition of 778 square feet to the first floor and a new dormer window on the second floor. An additional 109 square feet of floor area was counted due to attic spaces that exceed seven feet in height, making the total project 887 square feet of new floor area. The Planning Commission approved a 624 square foot second story addition to the detached garage on January 8, 1997. That project and the previous addition and remodel project have been completed and signed off by the Planning, Engineering and Building Departments. A separate application for a driveway modification including a new bridge, and landscape improvements was approved by staff on March 18, 1997. The new driveway is used by the applicants and the adjacent neighbor to the west. The original lower portion of the driveway has been removed. This project has been completed, but has not been signed off since the new access easement is not yet in place. There is a pending variance application for a storage shed that would encroach into the side setback. This application is also being heard at the May 13, 1998 Planning Commission meeting. There is a separate staff report for the variance. Neighbors within