Resolution No. 4857215
RESOLUTION NO. 4857
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DENYING,
WITHOUT PREJUDICE, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 97 -27.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY FINDS, RESOLVES,
DETERMINES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
1. That an application was filed for a conditional use permit in accordance with the
provisions of Section 17.2 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cypress to allow the
construction of two (2) additional apartment units on a lot containing two (2) existing detached
apartment units, located at 4861 Merten Avenue within the RM -20 Residential Multiple - Family
Zone.
2. That the City Council, after proper notice thereof, duly held a public hearing on
said application as provided by law.
3. That the City Council hereby finds that:
a. The proposed location of the conditional use is in accord with the
objectives of the Zoning Ordinance and the purpose of the Residential Multiple - Family
Zone in which the site is located, which is intended as an area for the development of
apartments, condominiums, townhouses or other group dwellings with provisions for
adequate light, air, open space and landscaped area, at maximum densities of twenty (20)
dwelling units per acre.
b. The proposed location of the conditional use and the conditions under
which it would be operated or maintained may be detrimental to the public health, safety
or welfare, or be materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity in that:
(1) The project as designed does not further the goals and provisions of
the Cypress Zoning Ordinance regarding existing non - conforming
structures, because the addition of the new apartment structure, while
maintaining the older structures with substandard building setbacks and
parking provisions, would merely extend the life of housing that should
be torn down to build a cohesive four -unit apartment building in
conformance with current development standards.
(2) The height difference between the existing one -story and the proposed
two -story structures on the subject property is not visually consistent in
and of itself, nor is it compatible with surrounding one- and two -story
residential developments.
(3)
The proposed add -on type of development represents only a partial
redevelopment of the subject site and would preclude the full
redevelopment of the property, which is located within a County
redevelopment project area.
(4) The Design Review Committee determined the proposed project is
not consistent with the goals of the City's design review process as set
forth in Section 18.1 of the Cypress Zoning Ordinance, which states
that it is the duty of the Design Review Committee to "bar the
unsightly, the inharmonious, the monotonous, and the hazardous to
ensure that the proposed improvements will not impair the desirability
of investment or occupancy nearby.
c. The proposed conditional use will not comply with each of the applicable
provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, because the building setbacks in the front and rear of
the two (2) existing detached apartment units are currently and will remain substandard.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Cypress does hereby deny, without prejudice, Conditional Use Permit No. 97 -27.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 22nd day of September 1997.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
OF O THE CITY OF CYPRESS
M OR
I, LILLIAN M. HAINA, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held
on the 22nd day of September , 1997, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bowman, Jones, Keenan, Piercy
and Carroll
NOES:
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS