Title
MORIARTY RESIDENCE ENCROACHMENTS (PA2026-0134)
Site Location: 20462 Birch Street
Recommendation
Summary:
A request to waive City Council Policies L-6 (Encroachments in Public Rights-of-Way) and L-2 (Driveway Approaches) and to approve an Encroachment Permit to allow retention of certain existing, noncompliant private improvements encroaching into the 60-foot-wide Birch Street and 60-foot-wide Mesa Drive public rights-of-way, including retention of an existing third driveway approach along Birch Street. The encroachments include fencing, pedestrian and vehicular gates; electrical utility equipment and security camera posts; a concrete pad; landscaping, decorative boulders, landscape lighting, and bollards; and an existing third driveway approach along Birch Street intended to serve a future accessory dwelling unit.
Recommended Actions:
1. Find the Project Encroachments exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 (Class 1 - Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. PC2026-023, waiving City Council Policies L-6 (Encroachments in Public Rights-of-Way) and L-2 (Driveway Approaches), and approving Encroachment Permit No. N2026-0255.