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1'- o o Zoning Administrator City of Redwood City 101 7 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: Findings on Appeal of Zoning Administrator's Issuance of Variance Permitting Encroachment of Handicap Ramp Into Required Side Yard, and Permitting Excess Deck Elevation At 815 Canyon Road, Redwood City, California Hearing having been duly noticed and held by this Council on July 11, 1994, on the appeal of Mr. and Mrs. Umberto Bagnarol ("Appellants") of the decision of the Zoning Administrator to approve the application of Ms. Eva Kolesnikow ("Applicant"), for a variance to allow the construction of a deck and handicap ramp within the required side yard setback of property located at 815 Canyon Road, Redwood City, California, (the "Property"), the Appellant, the Applicant, the Zoning Administrator, and all other persons interested in the matter having been heard and having been given the opportunity to be heard, and this Council having fully considered the matter; NOW, THEREFORE, this Council hereby finds, concludes and orders as follows: FINDINGS 1. The Property is located in the R-1 (Residential-Single Family) Zoning district (S5.1 et seq., Ordinance No. 1130, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Redwood City [all section references herein are to said ordinance unless otherwise indicated]). 2. Applicant applied for variances to the provisions of Section 32.3 .a( 4) (Supplemental Side Yard Requirements) to allow the construction of a handicap ramp within the required 6-foot side yard (S5.9a(2)) and to the provisions of Section 32.11 (Construction in Yards) to allow construction of decking within said side yard, the elevation of which exceeds one (1) foot as to a portion thereof. Said application was granted by the Zoning Administrator after hearing thereon on May 25, 1994. The variance, as granted, permits the construction of a deck exceeding the limitations of Section 32.11 d, to wit: in excess of one foot above finished grade. Said variance was granted upon the apparent finding that the deck constructed at the Property conformed, at least in part, to the requirements of Section 32.11d, but exceeded the one (I)-foot limitation as to portions thereof.