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accessary structures would not.

This item WAS NOT proposed by the city, but simply discussed by residents.

Andy



> -----Original Message-----
> From: oldnorth-admin at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
> [mailto:oldnorth-admin at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]On Behalf Of John
> Lofland
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:48 AM
> To: members at oldnorthdavis.com
> Subject: Re: [OldNorth] Meeting on Zoning Held on June 2nd
>
>
> 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.
> >
> >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
> >
> >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
> >
> >--Design Review
> >-Everything in our area must go through Design Review regardless
> if designs
> >follow the Guidlines or not.
> >
> >--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.
> >
> >--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.
> >
> >--A number of residents at the meeting supported converting Old North and
> >Old East to R1
> >
> >--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.
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>  -----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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