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CC - Introduction of an Ordinance Adding a New Subchapter, 15.02.1300, Et Seq., "Hillside Grading Requirements and Permitting," to Chapter 15.02, Buildings, Structures and Equipment, of the Culver City Municipal Code.
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Meeting Date: February 4, 2019
Contact Person/Dept: Sol Blumenfeld/CDD
Phone Number: (310) 253-5700
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [X] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [X] No [] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (01/30/19);
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (01/30/19)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council introduce an Ordinance adding new Subchapter 15.02.1300, et seq., "Hillside Grading Requirements and Permitting" to Chapter 15.02, Buildings, Structures and Equipment, of the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) (Attachment 1).
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Summary of Proposed Hillside Grading Ordinance
As part of the citywide Large Single Family Home Design Study, which included research of options for regulating the development and construction in hillside neighborhoods pursuant to the current moratorium on the issuance of building permits in the Lower and Upper Culver Crest Hillside Neighborhoods, the City's consultant prepared new zoning standards for reductions in building height, restrictions on building floor area relative to the degree of hillside slope and recommendations on hillside grading restrictions. These recommended hillside grading restrictions require amendment to CCMC Chapter 15.02, Buildings, Structures and Equipment ("Hillside Grading Ordinance").
The proposed Hillside Grading Ordinance establishes a new Hillside "H" Designation to address unique hillside building conditions on lots where the existing slope on any portion of that lot ...
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