§ 20.100.1040. Additional Development Requiring a Single-Family House Permit.

A.

Issuance of a single-family house permit subject to the administrative procedures set forth in this part is required if the issuance of a building permit will result in a single-family house that is a historic resource, but is not a city landmark or located in a city historic district, with a floor area ratio equal to or less than forty-five hundredths, or if the issuance of a building permit is for minor modifications involving incidental enlargement, reconstruction, replacement, repair, remodeling, rehabilitation, restoration and/or exterior alteration of a historic resource, that fully conforms to approved design guidelines, and does not affect the historic significance or character, use, intensity, architectural style, circulation or other site function of the property.

B.

Issuance of a single-family house permit is subject to the administrative procedures set forth in this part, if the issuance of the building permit will result in a single-family house with a floor area ratio greater than forty-five hundredths but equal to or less than sixty-five hundredths, and all of the following applicable criteria are met:

1.

Building permit does not authorize removal of more than fifty percent of the exterior walls of an existing house;

2.

Building permit is for an addition to an existing house and the addition is for either one or both of the following:

a.

A single story and ground floor addition; and/or

b.

A second-story addition which results in a second story which is no larger than sixty percent of existing first floor area and which is set back ten feet from the required front setback;

3.

Building permit does not authorize the enclosure or net loss of ten percent or more of an existing porch;

4.

Building permit authorizes an attached garage only if the houses on each side of the subject lot have existing attached garages;

5.

Building permit requires the roofline, materials, trim and decoration details of the new construction to be the same as that on the existing house;

6.

Building permit authorizes alteration to a single-family house that is a historic resource, but is not a city landmark or located in a city landmark historic district, which alterations fully conform to or exceed approved design guidelines.

C.

Subject to the provisions of Section 20.100.1030, if the issuance of a building permit will result in a single-family house with a floor area ratio greater than forty-five hundredths and all the applicable criteria of either Subsection 20.100.1040.A or 20.100.1040.B are not met, issuance of a single-family house permit shall be subject to the director public hearing procedures set forth in this part.

(Ords. 26248, 26455, 27076, 27279, 27378, 29785, 30133.)