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Planning Commission OKs setback and outdoor-space variances for 811 Spencer Street with landscaping condition
Summary
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission on June 19 approved an exemption declaration and variances to allow additions to a two-story house at 811 Spencer Street, citing the lot's substandard size and existing nonconformities; the approval includes a new condition requiring additional native landscaping.
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission on June 19 approved an exemption declaration and variances to allow a first- and second-floor addition to an existing two-story single-family residence at 811 Spencer Street, including reduced front- and side-yard setbacks and reduced outdoor living space. The commission voted unanimously to adopt the staff-recommended resolution with an added Condition 16 requiring native landscaping in the rear and southern side yards and additional front-yard landscaping as shown in the applicant's renderings.
Staff said the lot is substandard for the R-3 low-density multiple-family residential zoning in Redondo Beach: the parcel is about 2,980 square feet, well below the typical 5,000-square-foot minimum. Senior Planner Steven Jiang told the commission, "The zoning code currently requires an 800 square feet outdoor living space," and staff argued the proposal's removal of…
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