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. ' <br /> � � ( Attact�men� #4 Q _� � <br /> 0 <br /> TO TME MONORA�L� <br /> wu►roR u� cmr couNCi <br /> �aor� M cnr wuu►o�c <br /> � Ncvaaber 26,1985 <br /> SUSJECf : EXTEHSION OF �cVELOPMENT ON LAUFc::.L i+„Y I <br /> � <br /> i <br /> Bacic�ound � <br /> Laurel '�iay i� a 1,200-foot io:� cul-de-aac off .of Fli$hland avenue ' <br /> �erving a hillside _z the �erald L�kea area. It wa.� piatLed in 1526 <br /> xhile in the uninccrporated area, Wi*h a 50-foot right-of-Way servi:ig j1 <br /> lots. The terrain :s of the mo�t aevere to be tound anyWhere in the <br /> Redti+ood City area. �evelapment of Laurei +�ay propertie� ha� a��ays seemed <br /> to be ju�t beyond t�e reach of an acceptable solution. <br /> The Fiighland Avenue end of t�e raad has been deveioped for some t�e <br /> Decau�e of it� relative flatness. hro hou�es were �uiit aear the other <br /> ► end of Laurel Kay �a land� of Pflu$ and Holtman, in �piLe of the alope. <br /> Since annexation to �edc+ood City, tne iand belongi.ng to Lhe Georges uas <br /> alloWed to have a si.�gle-famiiy duelliz�. It �a� expecLed that Lhis Wou1d <br /> be the last lot developed, unless and uaLil an area-xide assessment <br /> distri�t We^e farmed to provide adequate street im�revements fcr tlze <br /> balance of the road. <br /> Currentiy, the i3atfields and Scotta have requests befort thc City <br /> Council to allox deveiopmcnt on their lot� aa Lh� next tvo beyoad the <br /> Geo:ges'. Tne Hat.*ield� feel tha� they have received �ome degree of <br /> encouragemenL from Lhe City that their lot vas buildabie. � <br /> � <br /> Su�aa ry i <br /> The main issues that have defied a sati�fac�ory conciusion to Laurei � <br /> uay deveiopmeaL have beea health, safety, and economics. Road <br /> i,mprovr�enta in th� a.^ea vould be relatively vtry costly, even for a <br /> substaadard end coadition. The slope3 of the properties iacrea�e Lhe <br /> farthe.^ one gets from Highland Avenue, and �oil studiea suggeat that there <br /> are stzbility probicas becau�e o: �ub�urface aeega.ge in the �oil. Further � <br /> deveiopment could i^cr�ase the City'� liabilitie� just at the time t2zat j <br /> liability in�urance becomes more costly, or einavailable, to cities. � <br /> i <br /> It is co�on far jurisdiction� te prchibit or severely restr2ct i <br /> devclopmcnt on slepe� exceeding a givea a.mount, for ezample: 25S to 501• � <br /> In the case of the imdevelaped portion of Laurel Ya.y, lot slope' range <br /> from 27x to 64'j. The Georges' lot ia appro�cilmateZy 325; Lhe Fiatfield�' I <br /> � <br /> 1 <br /> I <br /> � <br /> _. .. _ __..._. _.__. _ <br />