Agenda Item Title:
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Clark Special Exception for Alteration of 30% Slope
3 Pepperwood Drive
[Pepper Dell, Community #28]
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Presenter:
Mike Wilcox
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Description/Background:
The applicant, Dave Clark, is requesting review for a special exception to approve an alteration (grading, cut, and fill) to a continuous 30% or greater slope within the Sensitive Area Overlay Zone on their property located at 3 Pepperwood Drive. The applicant is requesting that the Planning Commission accept the current as-built condition of the hillside restoration that they have performed to date.
A full detailed staff report is attached.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the special exception for alterations of a continuous hillside of 30 percent or greater slope for the property located at 3 Pepperwood Drive, based on the following findings and subject to the following condition:
Findings:
1. The City Engineer finds that the slope was restored horizontally but not vertically.
2. The City Engineer finds the current state of the slope to be stabilized.
3. Further work on the hillside to fully restore the original elevation contours vertically could be disruptive and destabilize the slope.
4. The City Engineer and Community Development Director recommend approval of the special exception.
Condition:
1. That the gamble oak trees noted on the approved re-vegetation plan be replanted and that appropriate protection of these trees be provided to ensure they can grow and establish themselves without being consumed by the wildlife in the area.