SUBJECT: STATUS OF 259 31ST STREET REMODEL PROJECT

Recommendation:

That the City Council receive and file this report

Background:

At the September 9, 1997 City Council meeting the Council directed staff to provide a follow-up status report on the subject project due to the length of time the project had been under construction. The property owner commenced with project construction without a building permit in March and the property was red-tagged. The owner then submitted building plans to obtain a building permit. The plans were checked and returned for correction in April. During the course of checking the plans it was discovered that the owner required Planning Commission approval to construct an addition in excess of 50% of the valuation of the existing structure. The project was calandered for Planning Commission consideration in May and the owner obtained Planning Commission approval. Subsequently the owner submitted construction plans to the Community Development Department and the plans were resubmitted to the City's contract plan checker on June 5, 1997. Two iterations of plan check corrections followed and one outstanding correction remains regarding window openings too close to the property line.

Analysis:

In order to move the project forward, the plans have been approved (exclusive of the disputed window openings on the westerly property line) and the project can now commence. Staff is still investigating whether these windows can be permitted under the "alternative methods, materials and design" provisions of the Uniform Building Code in order to resolve the matter.

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