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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986/09/08 Board of Appeals & Advisors Minutes 'lINUTES OF REGI'LAR r1EETING . DOAr.D OF APPEALS AND ADVISORS CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA ~~e!~~~~~_ª1_12ªê____ÇQÐf~~~Ð~~_BQQ~_?1_~~~li~_~~~~i~~~_ª~i!2iÐ9_____~~ºº_e~~~ MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Reynolds, Vice Chairman Welsh, Board Members Lee and Kimball MEMBERS ABSENT: Board Members Winkelman and Winchell (Unexcused) CITY STAFF PRESENT: Acting Director of Building and Housing Hansell and Fire Marshal Gove l. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Chairman Reynolds called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL: Members present constituted a quorum. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MSUC Kimball/Lee to approve the minutes of July 14, 1986. 4. NEW BUSINESS: a. CASE NO. lO-86 - Charter Point Condos, Apache Drive The applicant requested approval of new ventilation openings in property line party walls located in crawlspaces. Crawlspaces have inadequate or non-existent ventilation resulting in excessive moisture, mildew and high potential for dryrot in wood members. Fire protection equivalent to two one-hour party walls will be provided by installing new gypsum sheating on exposed wood members. Acting Director of Building and Housing said this item was tabled until the Fire Marshal could study this item. Fire Marshal Gove stated it was decided that this request was very similar to the one-hour corridor and was not opposing this request. MSUC Kimball/Welsh to approve the applicant's request. b. CASE NO. 11-86 - 521-525 Third Avenue The applicant is appealing the decision to disallow the exit from the east side of proposed building as a legal means of egress due to a one (1) foot projection of the second and third floor, over the path of travel at a minimum height of 7'-6". The proposed path of egress is toward the open ongrade parking portion of the site. The exit yard is obstructed by a one foot projecti on of the 2nd story at 7!-¿ feet hi gh. Section 330(b), U.B.C., 1982 Edition defines Exit as "a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way..." Unobstructed is intended'tomean...to the sky. The appellant is requesting that the exit yard be considered the same as an exit court which only has to be unobstructed to a height of 7 feet. BOARD OF APPEALS AND ADVISORS MINUTES OF September 8, 1986 Page 2 Since the office building is l-hour construction and the parking structure forming the other side of the exit is Type I construction, and there are no opening into the area, it is reasonable to compare these conditions to those of an exit court, and approve the appeal on the basis of unobstructed to 7 feet height. MSUC Welsh/Kimball to support the recommendation of staff and approve the request. c. CASE NO. 12-86 - 4080 Bermuda Dunes Place The applicant is requesting a variance from the requirement of a five foot fence enclosing the perimeter of a proposed spa. The pool was installed under permit & inspection in 1965. The fence was legal at the time of installation. Sometime in the mid 70's the required fence height was raised to 5 feet minimum. This has not been enforced retroactively. The existing fence is actually 3 to 4 feet above the golf course level due to the eleva- tion of the lot pad. The rear & sides of the lot are well protected from toddlers by the inacces- sibility of the golf course and the fence and dense shrubbery screening the pool. The pool area is protected from neighborhood children by a 5-foot high fence and gate with self-closing and self-latching devices on the side and a fence & gate of 4 feet high on the other side. The addition of a spa could necessitate the building of a 5-foot high fence around the spa, leaving the pool legally with the present 3~ foot high protection. In staff's opinion, the present fencing will adequately protect the pool-spa area. Neither the pool nor the proposed spa are attractive nuisances since they cannot be seen from anywhere off of the lot. Staff recommends approval of the appeal provided the 4-foot high fence and gate are raised to 5 feet. MSUC Kimball/Welsh to approve applicant's request. d. Election of Officers - FY 1986-87 Nominations were opened for Board Chairman and Vice Chairman for the current Fiscal Year. Board Member Kimball nominated Chairman Reynolds and Vice Chairman Welsh for re-election and the nomination was seconded by Board Member Welsh. MSUC Kimball/Welsh to close nominations and Chairman Reynolds and Vice Chairman Welsh were re-elected by acclamation. 5. STAFF REPORT - None 6. COMMUNICATIONS (PUBLIC REMARKS/BD. MEMBERS COMMENTS/WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE) - None 7. ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Reynolds adjourned the meeting to the next regular scheduled meeting for Monday, October 13, 1986. t? :f ,'¿I,;",?"jßl-- , Secretary / 'Ira]? . PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN TAPED RECORDED. REFER TO TAPE #5-BA-9/8/86.