Item 15 - Approval of Manufactured Slope Greater than 35' at Poway Rd & Blue Crystal Trails
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AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
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FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~
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INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assi stant City Manager '111'
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Planning Services ~
Mark S. Weston, Director of Engineering Services~
Javid Siminou, Senior Civil Engineer~
Jesse Q. Tano, Assistant Civil Engin r Iffl
DATE: June 20, 1995
SUBJECT: Approval of a Manufactured Slope Greater Than Thirty Feet in Height at
Poway Road and Blue Crystal Trails; Applicant: Robert and Mary Ann
Altaffer MORA 95-21
ABSTRACT
The applicant proposes to construct a slope greater than thirty feet high. The
physical constraints of the property make it necessary in order to accommodate a single
family residence and a fire service turn-around. Staff recommends that City Council
approve the applicant's request to construct a slope greater than thirty feet in
height.
- ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This action is categorically exempt from environmental review based on C.E.Q.A.
guidelines, Category 3, which includes the construction of new single family
residences.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a manufactured slope over 30-feet in
height for the Altaffer residence according to Section 16.48.020(F) of the Poway
Municipal Code.
ACTION
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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF POW A Y
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~ .
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Ass i stant City Manager j~
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Plann ng ser~~
Mark S. Weston, Director of Engineeri~ Service
Javid Siminou, Senior Civil Engineer
Jesse Q. Tano, Assistant Civil Engineer I)Y7
DATE: June 20, 1995
SUBJECT: Approval of a Manufactured Slope Greater Than Thirty Feet in
Height at Poway Road and Blue Crystal Trails; Applicant:
Robert and Marv Ann Altaffer. MDRA 95-21
BACKGROUND:
Mr. and Mrs. Altaffer submitted a Minor Development Review Application to
construct a single family residence at the southwest corner of Poway Road and
Blue Crystal Trails (Attachment 1). The area is mountainous with steep
terrain. Natural slopes in the area average 40-feet in height (Attachment 2).
A minor development review for the construction of a single family home was
approved for the former owners, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Carter. An adjoining
neighbor appealed staff approval to the City Council on January 8, 1991. The
Council upheld the appeal and denied the project. Reasons cited for the
denial included the visual impact of the high manufactured slopes and it was
determined that a multiple foundation residence should have been designed for
the steeply sloping lot.
The new owners (the Altaffers) have designed a 2,642 square foot house to be
located in a previously disturbed area of the lot, higher up on the property,
but located within an area with a natural slope of less than 25 percent. The
house is a single story design and the pad design calls for a fill slope of
greater than 30 feet in height at a 2:1 gradient. A 34 foot maximum slope
height is proposed.
The building pad is limited to the northerly third of the property. The
conceptual grading plan calls for a fill slope on the south side of the
proposed building pad. The building pad will be approximately 19,000 square
feet on a property that is approximately 4.7 acres in size.
ACTION:
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Approval of a Manufact, 2d Slope Greater Than Thirty Fee in Height at
Poway Road and Blue Crystal Trails; Applicant: Altaffer, MORA 95-21
June 20, 1995
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Section 16.48.020(F) of the Municipal Code requires slopes greater than 30-
feet in height to be approved by the City Council.
FINDINGS:
As a condition of building a single family residence on this site, the
applicant will be required to construct a fire service turn around. The
physical restraints of the property results in a fill slope height greater
.than 30-feet in order to accommodate this requirement.
The general Plan Hillside Development standards restrict the development of a
lot containing a natural slope of between 20% and 44.9% to 10 percent for
graded pad area. The Altaffer project will meet this test. General Plan
standards further state that where the graded pad area proposed for the
construction of a new home is located within an area of greater than 25
percent natural slope, a split-level design is required. The natural slope in
the area of the proposed pad location is less than 25 percent.
In the case of a 2:1 fill slope of this height, staff recommends that the
applicants be required to revegetate the slope using a formal landscape
submittal process in order to insure the use of appropriate plant materials,
and to provide additional grading securities which will be adequate to insure,
the completion of the slope revegetation. The resulting slope will face
- southerly which is currently vacant land. The neighboring property to the
south is greater than 500-feet away. If the City Council concurs, these
requirements will be placed in the conditions of approval for the pending
minor development review, MORA 95-21.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
This action is categorically exempt from environmental review based on
C.E.Q.A. guidelines, Category 3, which includes the construction of new single
family residences.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION & CORRESPONDENCE:
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a manufactured slope over 30-
feet in height for the Altaffer residence according to Section 16.48.020(F) of
the Poway Municipal Code.
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. Vicinity Map
2. Site Plan and Slope Cross Section ITEM 15
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