[OldNorth] Meeting on Zoning Held on June 2nd

[John Lofland]

Many thanks to Andy for the report on the meeting on zoning.

A question of clarification. I have heard that fairly recent state 
law declares that at least two residences can be built on any 
residential lot. Therefore, all such lots in Davis (and every 
California place) are de facto R-2. Is that correct? If so, an effort 
to go R-1 could apparently not be successful. State law prohibits it.

Anyone have solid info on this?

John Lofland



>All,
>I did attend the meeting last night for the City zoning.  It was
>interesting.  There was a large showing from Old East.  There were a number
>of things discussed;  the meeting lasted two hours.  The speakers were
>Esther Polito and Danielle Foster.  The meeting went well, and they are very
>open to new ideas.
>
>They are providing input to the Planning Commission for the upcoming meeting
>on June 17.
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>If you would like to have an issue considered, please contact Esther AS SOON
>AS POSSIBLE or they will not have time to incorporate your ideas before the
>meeting.  Her contact info is:
>
>Esther Polito
>757-5610
>epolito at ci.davis.ca.us
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>A few issues that caught my eye:
>--They are still evaluating set backs for a two story principal building.
>Possible ptions:
>-If existing at 5 feet, allow it to continue straight up
>-If existing at 5 feet, top section must have 10 foot setback
>-All two story structures must have 10 foot setback
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>--Design Review
>-Everything in our area must go through Design Review regardless if designs
>follow the Guidlines or not.
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>--Off-street Parking
>-If primary residence is 4 bedroom or less and if the accessory structure is
>less than 480 square feet and either a 1 bedroom or studio, then only 2
>off-street parking places are required.
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>--Some discussion on what is considered a bedroom.
>-A resident from J-Street complained that next to them was a duplex with 6
>or 7 functional bedrooms on each side and over 20 people living there.
>Dining rooms, offices, and dens were converted to bedrooms.
>-A resident from Old North stated that an individual trying to build a small
>office off the master bedroom was required to place an extra parking spot on
>the lot.
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>--A number of residents at the meeting supported converting Old North and
>Old East to R1
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>--Why a Conservation District?
>-There was some discussion on why we are called a Conservation District when
>Permitted uses include:  duplexes, family/group day care, etc....this was
>linked to the desire to go to R1
>-It's not known what percentage of people want to go to R1 or if this was a
>vocal minority.
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>There were a number of other things discussed that I missed.  The most
>important thing, contact Esther with what is concerning you.
>
>Best Regards,
>Andy Wallace
>Secretary, Old North Davis Nieghborhood Association
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>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: oldnorth-admin at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
>>  [mailto:oldnorth-admin at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]On Behalf Of angela
>>  Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:50 AM
>>  To: Andrew P. Wallace; members at oldnorthdavis.com
>>  Subject: Re: [OldNorth] SPAM
>>
>>
>>  Spam is a problem... but... the delete key is likely
>>  easier for us than the various things you can do... so
>>  lets wait and see.
>>
>>  Did anyone go to either the Co-op or the city meeting
>>  on zoning last night?  If so what happened?
>>
>>
>>  Angela
>>  --- "Andrew P. Wallace" <ap_wallace at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  > All,
>>  > There has been an increasing number of SPAM emails
>>  > to the the Old North
>>  > Davis mailing list.  There are various things I can
>>  > do to cut down on these.
>>  > However, I'm hoping not to as the current settings
>>  > make list management
>>  > easier.
>>  >
>>  > In the event that SPAM becomes excessive over the
>>  > coming weeks/months, I
>>  > will change various properties of the email list to
>>  > reduce the potential for
>>  > SPAM.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Best Regards,
>>  > Andy Wallace
>>  >
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