Project Title:
Development Plan for a Kensington Design Review for Residential Additions
County File(s):
CDDP26-03014
Applicant:
Owner:
Cindy Sterry - Sterry Architecture
Barry Torgan
Zoning:
R-6 Single-Family Residential District (R-6), Kensington Combining District (-K), Tree Obstruction of Views Combining District (-TOV)
General Plan:
Residential Medium Density (RM)
Site Address/Location
645 Coventry Road, Kensington / APN: 571-170-007
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Status:
Categorical Exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(e) - Existing Facilities.
Project Planner:
Everett Louie, Planner III - phone: (925) 655-2873 and email: everett.louie@dcd.cccounty.us
Staff Recommendation:
Approve (See section II for full recommendation)
I. PROJECT SUMMARY
The applicant requests approval of a Development Plan for a Kensington Design Review to allow for an approximately 45-square-foot addition to an existing sunroom on the main level, an approximately 15-square-foot bedroom addition on the upper level, an approximately 45-square-foot covered patio under the sunroom addition, and a new approximately 125 square-foot uncovered deck at the rear of an existing single-family residence. The total gross floor area of the parcel will be 3,080 square feet which exceeds the 2,600 square foot gross floor area threshold for a public hearing.
II. RECOMMENDATION
The Department of Conservation and Development, Community Development Division (CDD) staff recommends that the Zoning Administrator:
1. OPEN the public hearing for the Development Plan and Kensington Design Review (County File #CDDP26-03014), ACCEPT public testimony, and CLOSE the public hearing.
2. DETERMINE that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(e);
3. APPROVE the Development Plan (County File #CDDP26-03014), based on the attached Findings and Conditions of Approval; and
4. DIRECT staff to file a Notice of Exemptio...
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