REQUEST FOR CITY TO SHARE IN THE

COST OF IMPROVEMENTS AT 333 11 ^TH STREET

 

Recommendation

It is recommended that the City Council deny the request for the City to share in the cost of improvements at 333 11th Street.

Background

On July 29, 1999, Staff received a request from Mr. & Mrs. Stanley and Loraine Namanny of 1009 5 ^th Street requesting that the City share in the cost of street improvements in connection with their development at 333 11th Street.

The Namannys are proposing to build two townhouses on the 30 ft. x 90 ft. lot. The street frontage is unimproved. Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of the Hermosa Beach City Code, the Nammannys are required to put the missing improvements out to the center line of 11th Street. Mr. & Mrs. Namanny are of the opinion that the city should share in the cost for the reasons stated below:

"I understand the City will benefit with the completion of our project in the following ways:

1. Putting the street in will eliminate existing drainage problems, provide sidewalks as none exists now, provide additional parking on the street, create two way street and remove an existing non-conforming structure which is currently built on city property.
2. The project will increase the property tax, for this property five times, this increase will pay for the street costs in a very short time.
3. In our research with the City, we were unable to find another residential project requesting a full improvement of this scope.
4. According to the code, we are only one foot off from not having to put in a sidewalk at all (which we would prefer). If Sunset were twenty-one feet wide our whole lot would constitute a ‘street’ and thus less than 35% of the block would have curb and sidewalk eliminating the need to widen the existing street.
5. The paramount concern is the cost to build ninety feet of road; this will force us to abandon this project which will in turn leave all the existing non-conforming conditions in place.
6. We are willing to pay for curb, gutter and sidewalk for the street; if City finishes the street portion."

Analysis

The existing roadway on 11th Street in the 300 block between Loma Drive and Sunset Drive is 25 feet wide with parking permitted on both sides and traffic in both directions. To the west, from Sunset Drive to Monterey Boulevard, the roadway is 40 feet wide curb-to-curb with sidewalk, curb and gutter and parking permitted on both sides, and 2-way traffic. The public right-of-way between Loma Drive and Monterey Boulevard is 60 feet wide. All existing private improvements within the 60-foot right-of-way are considered to be encroaching into the public right-of-way.

Section 12.08.010, General Requirement of Chapter 12.08 STREET, SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER CONSTRUCTION, of the Code of the City of Hermosa Beach, states in part, …any structure, or addition thereto, exceeding 400 square feet in floor area shall also provide for the construction of concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks and street pavement between gutter and center line of the street. (Missing improvements.)

Alternatives

1. Approve Staff’s recommendation; or

2. Approve the request of the Residents; or

3. Take no action.

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