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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIZ-12-05 - Supplemental - 0315 Dorset Heightsfj r 0 southbur -Ington PLANNING & ZONING July 3, 2012 Re: #IZ-12-05, 315 Dorset Heights Dear Applicant: Enclosed, please find a copy of the Findings of Fact and Decision rendered by the City Council concerning your recent application. Please note the conditions of approval including that a zoning permit must be obtained prior to the commencement of construction. If you have any questions, please contact me. Since r ly, 5 7 3 VK1_ R ymond J. Belair Administrative Officer Encl. CERTIFIED MAIL -Return Receipt Requested # 7010 0290 0000 2215 4467 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com 1 `lam southburlington PLANNING & ZONING MEMORANDUM TO: South Burlington City Council & City Manager FROM: Kimberly Murray, Development Coordinator SUBJECT: Continued Interim Zoning Application #IZ-12-05 (315 Dorset Heights) DATE: July 2, 2012 City Council meeting Enclosed please find supplemental information received 6/28/12 by the applicants, Heidi Boncher and Joel White, of how they believe they meet the Interim Zoning review criteria in accordance with the guidance prepared by the City Attorney. The public hearing is continued to the 7/2/12 meeting. The applicants are seeking interim zoning approval for additions to their single family home. The proposed development consists of an addition to the house of 2,000 square feet (2 stories at 1,000 sq feet each) connected to the existing house, and the addition of a walkway and garage of 1,100 square feet on 1 story. The applicants will be in attendance at the continued public hearing on Monday. 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846 4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com ISO `g Interested Persons Record and Service List southbu_ fini;t0 z- VCAM0kT Revised 412012 Under the 2004 revisions to Chapter 117, the Appropriate Municipal Panel (AMP) has certain administrative obligations with respect to interested persons. At any hearing, there must be an opportunity for each person wishing to achieve interested person status to demonstrate compliance with the applicable criteria. 24 V.S.A. § 4461(b). The AMP must keep a written record of the name, address and participation of each person who has sought interested person status. 24 V.S.A. § 4461(b). A copy of any decision rendered by the AMP must be mailed to every person or body appearing and having been heard by the AMP. 24 V.S.A. § 4461(b)(3). Upon receipt of notice of an appeal to the environmental court, the AMP must supply a list of interested persons to the appellant in five working days. 24 V.S.A. § 4471(c). HEARING DATE: PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY! NAME EMAIL ADDRESS r'►►1 Z ©,);� . MAILING AnnRFSS PRn_IFrT nV INITPRPCT o�ce Vern 9mc k\A3 Oa Al Tu ?4VF- 06 ism �,oWCA . I June 27, 2012 To: South Burlington City Council Members From: Randy Kay, Marge Meyer, Larry Bennet, Betsy Sussman, Nicole Hayes, Larry Parente Re: Boncher/White Addition Dear City Council Members - We are familiar with Heidi and Joel White's plans to add onto their house. We have no objections to these plans at all, they are consistent with the character of the neighborhood and we believe the City Council should approve their application and allow them to start their project. Sincerely, f";;-A d�ew� 4b L - 7�G�r e , �416-vvt 2 dL ass � June 27, 2012 To: South Burlington City Council Members From: Randy Kay, Marge Meyer, Larry Bennet, Betsy Sussman, Nicole Hayes, Larry Parente Re: Boncher/White Addition Dear City Council Members - We are familiar with Heidi and Joel White's plans to add onto their house. We have no objections to these plans at all, they are consistent with the character of the neighborhood and we believe the City Council should approve their application and allow them to start their project. Sincerely, 1E:�� kt,, US LLI;;)tav S 5 SZda D -5 2--�- �\ /,�� 4� 3 zo �> t f��SGl1s Paul, Please add this narrative to our application for Monday: We would like to add additional living space to the north side of our house and a new attached garage to the west of the current structure. An Addition to a single family residence in no way would be contrary to any amendments to the Land Development Regulations that the City plans to adopt. The Addition has been designed by a reputable architectural firm(Michael Minadeo and Partners) in a style that is in keeping with the original architect's design(Marcel Beaudin-circa 1970) and will be constructed by Clearwater Builders who are known for building high -quality custom homes. The living space of the current house is actually much smaller(1/3 to 1/2 the square footage) of neighboring properties that are on much smaller lots to the North on Golf Course Road and to the South on Dorset Heights and Hemlock Lane. The proposed addition would make the house much more comparable in size to the surrounding properties and thus fit in better with the area. The North addition will fit within the footprint of a pool that was originally on the property until 3 years ago so the new building will not add to the existing building footprint at all. The proposed garage and connector fit on the footprint of the original driveway constructed 40 years ago. In terms of Section VI, an addition to an existing single family residence cannot possibly affect the areas' capacity or patterns of use at all. There will be no impact on the land's natural resources because the new building is contained within the original footprint. An addition of this size will not significantly impact the use of renewable energy. In fact, improvements to the existing windows and insulation will increase efficiencies and decrease the use of renewable energy. Building like this preserves the architectural history of the area, is much more environmentally conservative than any new construction and will add value to our property and the surrounding properties. A project like this will employee many local companies and artisans and will be an example of how building should be done in the area. Thank you for your consideration. Joel S.White and Heidi Boncher June 8. 2012 south ur higto t PLANNING & ZONING MEMORANDUM TO: South Burlington City Council & City Manager FROM: Paul Conner, Director of Planning & Zoning SUBJECT: Interim Zoning Application #IZ-12-05 (315 Dorset Heights) DATE: June 11, 2012 City Council meeting Enclosed with this memo are the application materials for the Heidi Boncher and Joel White, 315 Dorset Heights. The applicants are seeking interim zoning approval for additions to their single family home. The proposed development consists of an addition to the house of 2,000 square feet (2 stories at 1,000 sq feet each) connected to the existing house, and the addition of a walkway and garage of 1,100 square feet on 1 story. The applicant has provided a narrative of how they believe they meet the Interim Zoning review criteria in accordance with the guidance prepared by the City Attorney. Representatives for the applicant will be in attendance at the public hearing on Monday. 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburi.com TO: South Burlington property owners SUBJECT: Application before the City Council for an abutting property The enclosed City Council public notice or agenda is being sent to you because you have been identified as an abutting landowner to a proposed land development listed on the attachment. The distribution of this information to the abutting landowners is required by state law. You are encouraged to attend and participate in the public hearing as participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Should you have any questions about the proposal, or wish to view the submittals, please contact the South Burlington Department of Planning & Zoning. They can be reached at (802) 846-4106 or at City of South Burlington, Department of Planning & Zoning, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT 05403. Approved for Distribution by South Burlington Department of Planning & Zoning south PLANNING & ZONING PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL The South Burlington City Council will hold a public hearing in the South Burlington City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on June 11, 2012 at 6:00 P.M. to consider the following: 1. Interim zoning application #IZ-12-05 of Joel S. White & Heidi Boncher to construct: 1) a 2000 sq. ft. 2-story addition to a single family dwelling, and 2) a 1,064 attached garage and connector, 315 Dorset Heights. 2. Interim zoning application #IZ-12-06 of John Larkin for phase I of a two (2) phase 71 unit residential development. Phase I will be for 40 units consisting of: 1) 17 two-family dwellings, and three (3) 3-unit multi -family dwellings, 201 Allen Road. Rosanne Greco, Chair South Burlington City Council Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall. Participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. May 24, 2012 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburi.com CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 20 day of _May , 2012 , a copy of the foregoing public notice for Interim Zoning Applilcation[type of application] IZ-12-05 [application number], was sent by U.S. mail, postage prepaid to the owners of all properties adjoining the subject property to development, without regard to any public right-of-way, and including the description of the property and accompanying information provided by the City of South Burlington. I further certify that this notification was provided to the following parties in accordance with 24 V.S.A. §4464(a) and Section 17.06(B) of the South Burlington Land Development Regulations: List of recipients: Nicole Hayes and Larry Parente- 320 Dorset Heights, South Burlington Betsy Sussman and Larry Bennet- 325 Dorset Heights, South Burlington Marge Meyer and Randy Kay- 28 Old Cross Road, South Burlington John Larkin- 410 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT Dated at South Burlington, Vermont, this 20 day of MAY , 2012 Printed Name: Heidi Boncher and Joel White Phone number and email: (8 2) 399-2142 heidi.bonche gmail. o Signature: �' 0 U�Q_ Date: Remit to: City of South Burlington Department of Planning & Zoning 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 South Burlington Sample Certificate of Service Form. Rev. 1-2012 Interim Zoning Application- Boncher/White Addition 315 Dorset Heights, South Burlington We are proposing an addition to our existing home which is located on Dorset Heights. Dorset Heights is an established built -out neighborhood in South Burlington and our home is more than 40 years old. The primary purpose for this addition is to provide living space for Heidi's elderly father who is ill and no longer able to live on his own. Our addition will provide an additional bedroom and living space to accommodate him. We have carefully designed our addition with a professional architect (Michael Minadeo) so it will be compatible with the architecture of the existing home. Examples of this design effort include the following: 1. We have sited the addition to take advantage of the existing screening created by the hedgerow that runs along the front of our property and by retaining the large maple tree to the front left of our house that will screen most of the addition (See photos described below). As a result, much of the addition will be screened from view from the street. 2. The addition has been sited on the footprint of an abandoned swimming pool. Therefore, the addition is located in a previously developed portion of our property. 3. The building materials and design for the addition will be compatible with the existing home. 4. The roof line of the addition will be lower than the main house. E Turning to the specific review criteria under the Interim Bylaw, we offer the following responses: i) The adoption of Form Based Code -style regulations for the Williston Road/Dorset Street/City Center area and possibly other areas of the City Dorset Heights is in the SE Quadrant, miles away from Williston Road or the Dorset Street City Center. It is an established neighborhood that is not located in a heavily traveled corridor. Rather, Dorset Heights is a dead end road with no through traffic. Due to an existing hedgerow and mature trees on our lot, the new addition will be mostly screened from view from the street. Therefore, the design of this home and addition will not be regularly viewed by the public. 0 ii) Support of sustainable agriculture; Our property is in the SE Quadrant and the rear portion has been designated as a sending area under the City's TDR program (within the NRP District). Our house addition is not located in the NRP portion of our lot and this area will remain open and available for open space purposes. Our house is located within the receiving zone under the TDR program and has been designated as an area for higher density development. We are not proposing additional lots or additional density at this time. Rather, our addition will be connected to our home and we are preserving all of our open space and enhancing our lot with extensive vegetable gardens, fruit orchards, perennials and planting of more large trees. iii) Support of conservation of open space; Our proposal furthers the goals of conserving open space because we are building an addition to our existing home (rather than building a new home on a vacant parcel) and we are preserving the open space area at the rear of our property. iv) Support of promotion of housing for people of all incomes and stages of life; Our house addition will not reduce affordable housing stock, we already own the home and land, and we are not taking away land from any other source that could be used for affordable housing. We are planning with this addition to house an elderly parent (speaks to income and life stage issue). v) Other aspects of the Purpose statement in Section I of Interim Bylaw. This includes: "a more affordable type of housing called cottage housing". Our addition will not reduce the City's ability to develop cottage housing. We already own our home and our addition will not take land away from any other source that could be used for cottage housing. The proposed development shall not result in an undue adverse effect on any of the following: A. The capacity of existing or planned community facilities, services, or lands. The proposed addition will not have any undue adverse effect on the capacity of existing or planned community facilities, services or lands. We are in an established neighborhood, we have our own community well and septic system. Our addition is for the purpose of housing an elderly parent. Therefore, the addition will not cause an increase in the demand for public services (such as impacts on schools, police or fire services). In addition, the addition will not create an increase in traffic. B. The existing patterns and uses of development in the area. Our proposed addition to our existing residence will not affect patterns of use in the area. This is an established neighborhood with homes similar in size to the home and addition we are planning. Our existing home was built over 40 years ago and we have carefully designed the addition so it is compatible with our existing home and our surrounding neighbors. In addition, our neighbors have expressed their support our proposed addition (see enclosed letter). C. Traffic on roads and highways in the vicinity. Proposed Addition will not increase traffic on roads in the vicinity at all since no new housing units are proposed. D. Environmental limitations of the site or area and significant natural resource areas and sites. We are actually under developing our lot within the receiving zone since the receiving zone would accommodate additional density under the TDR program. The open space area to the rear of our property will be protected and no development is proposed for this area. E. Utilization of renewable energy resources. There are no renewable energy sources within the area to be built. F. Municipal plans and other municipal bylaws, ordinances, or regulations in effect. We are under developing within the receiving zone of our land under TDRs. Below is a view of 315 Dorset Heights from the road and bike path. This provides a better understanding of how the house will be seen from the street. It is heavily obscured by a huge old maple tree that is at least 70 feet high and a very lush hedgerow that will make the house and addition very hard to see from the street. We will also bring a letter from our abutting neighbors indicating their support and approval of our project. We are observing all set back and size requirements: Side Yard Requirement South Burlington Proposed 315 Dorset Front 20 feet 131 feet Rear 10 feet 1087.25 feet North 10 feet 184 feet South 10 feet 86.25 feet Buildings, parking and impervious surfaces are much less than the 30% allowed Total impervious = (roughly) 3.8% , A<�\©� \a �� ..� \:/. : � � /�/ . ���. � \�» \ � .� �°® �� �\: . y . y y . r"r View from Dorset Heights - directly in front of house y f •, 1 / JL 40 001 ww ik W w I Ad 0- No Text 5 OAI I qft southhurlington PLANNING & ZONING Permit # IZ- /Yx - 0,5-, (office use only) CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER INTERIM BYLAWS All information requested on this application must be completed in full. Failure to provide the requested information either on this application form or on the site plan will result in your application being rejected and a delay in the review before the City Council. I understand the requirements and procedures required by State Law (Section 4415 of the Planning & Development Act), and that a legal advertisement must appear a minimum of fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing. 1) OWNER(S) OF RECORD (Name(s) as shown on deed, mailing address, phone & fax #): Tod S . WIA'�P' arcf 4 K- I r*-)) Goocwf� 2) LOCATION OF LAST RECORDED DEED (book & page #) 6oK 3) APPLICANT (name, mailing address, phone, fax #) 'rL f� fit D ( f_1'V o<-- (� Dc) ( g ' s Lk� l�V1Cib:2'" l VT Io!-QIn-�. FDJ- -5aG 1-12 4) CONTACT PERSON (person who will receive staff correspondence. Include name, mailing address, phone & fax #, if different from above): a. Contact e-mail address: hzl &' hc)nC ko re (r\cwQ • con 5) PROJECT STREET ADDRESS: 6) TAX PARCEL ID #: O SL.e D - 7) PROJECT ZONING DISTRICT(S) 1 �Lx 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com vsyos I 8) PROJECT DESCRIPTION General Project Description (describe what you are proposing): A JCL hC41,CS A -r - - t U b. Existing Uses on Property (including description and size of each separate use): c. Proposed Uses on Property (include description and size of each new use and existing uses to remain): f�S'(GQP.ti10 e. Other (list any other information pertinent to this application not specifically requested above, please note if overlay districts are applicable): 9) SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. A completed application form and required submittal materials for the applicable review before the Development Review Board or Administrative Officer shall be included. In the case of a subdivision or planned unit development, all information required for Sketch Plan Review pursuant to Section 15.05 of the Land Development Regulations (LDRs) are required. In the case of all other types of applications, the applicable LDR submittals are required. Applicants are further encouraged to provide information demonstrating compliance with the review standards set forth in 24 VSA §4415 (d) and (e). 10) PLANS AND FEE Plans shall be submitted which shows the information required by the City's Land Development Regulations. Five (5) regular size copies, one reduced copy (11" x 17"), and one digital (PDF-format) of W iM4� 414TV 3N14 Interim Bylaw Council Application Form. Rev 1-2012 1 the plans must be submitted. An application fee shall be paid to the City at the time of submitting the application. See the City fee schedule for details. NOTE: NOTIFICATION of ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS: Notification of adjoining property owners, in accordance with 24 V.S.A. §4464(a) and Section 17.06(B) of the South Burlington Land Development Regulations, is the responsibility of the applicant. After deeming an application complete, the Administrative Officer will provide the applicant with a draft meeting agenda or public hearing notice and sample certificate of service. The sworn certificate of service shall be returned to the City prior to the start of any public hearing. I hereby certify that all the information requested as part of this application has been submitted and is accurate to the best of my knowledge. .C& SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT PRINT NAME Do not write below this line DATE OF SUBMISSION: I have reviewed this application and find it to be: 2 COMPLETE ❑ INCOMPLETE The applicant or permittee retains the obligation to identify, apply for, and obtain relevant state permits for this project. 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