(0.3( 0 111 D )\ 4=r ezz:71_r Steven F. Romberg 245 Willow Street Pacific Grove, CA 93950 March 25, 1988 Anthony W. Lobay Community Development Director City of Pacific Grove City Hall 300 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove, California 93950 HAND-DELIVERED Dear Mr. Lobay: As you can see from my address above, I am a resident of the City of Pacific Grove. In addition, I also own a triplex located at 138 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. Recently, I consulted with Bob Tiernan, of the Pacific Grove City staff, concerning improvements I wished to make to my triplex at 138 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. I submitted a preliminary set of plans to the Community Development Department for review. My triplex was built in 1887, and is located in the Pacific Grove historical retreat area, which is zoned R-3 PGR. The triplex is on a 30 X 65 lot. It does not have a concrete foundation. On August 13, 1979, the City of Pacific Grove issued me its required REPORT ON ZONING AND BUILDING RECORDS, a copy of which is attached hereto, which states that the R-3 zoning district in which the pro- perty was located allows apartments, duplexes and single family dwellings, that the property was then occupied by a three unit apartment building (legal non-conforming use), there were not leg- islative acts of record, and the restrictions in use or development for the substandard lot were that it was restricted to single family dwelling use or present legal non-conforming use while pre- sent structure is still standing, and is not damaged to the extent its cost to repair would be twice its assessed value, and that re- pair of lesser damage requires a use permit. I am requesting that the problem which I describe as follows, be brought before the Pacific Grove Planning Commission and/or City Council, to possibly seek a legislative-type remedy to modify Pacific Grove zoning ordinance 23.68.070 governing non-conforming use-maintenance, repair, alterations and improvements. The situation has arisen, whereby Mr. Thatcher, the Pacific Grove City Attorney, has stated to city staff, and which in turn has been related to me, that because my triplex is a triplex, and is non-conforming, I cannot put a foundation under the structure, even by going through the Pacific Grove Planning and Building De- partment. In other words, Mr. Thatcher's opinion is that because of the way the ordinance is now drafted, I cannot even obtain a variance or other administrative remedy to enable me to put a concrete foundation under this 1887 building, because it is non- conforming. , OCR Text: (0.3( 0 111 D )\ 4=r ezz:71_r Steven F. Romberg 245 Willow Street Pacific Grove, CA 93950 March 25, 1988 Anthony W. Lobay Community Development Director City of Pacific Grove City Hall 300 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove, California 93950 HAND-DELIVERED Dear Mr. Lobay: As you can see from my address above, I am a resident of the City of Pacific Grove. In addition, I also own a triplex located at 138 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. Recently, I consulted with Bob Tiernan, of the Pacific Grove City staff, concerning improvements I wished to make to my triplex at 138 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. I submitted a preliminary set of plans to the Community Development Department for review. My triplex was built in 1887, and is located in the Pacific Grove historical retreat area, which is zoned R-3 PGR. The triplex is on a 30 X 65 lot. It does not have a concrete foundation. On August 13, 1979, the City of Pacific Grove issued me its required REPORT ON ZONING AND BUILDING RECORDS, a copy of which is attached hereto, which states that the R-3 zoning district in which the pro- perty was located allows apartments, duplexes and single family dwellings, that the property was then occupied by a three unit apartment building (legal non-conforming use), there were not leg- islative acts of record, and the restrictions in use or development for the substandard lot were that it was restricted to single family dwelling use or present legal non-conforming use while pre- sent structure is still standing, and is not damaged to the extent its cost to repair would be twice its assessed value, and that re- pair of lesser damage requires a use permit. I am requesting that the problem which I describe as follows, be brought before the Pacific Grove Planning Commission and/or City Council, to possibly seek a legislative-type remedy to modify Pacific Grove zoning ordinance 23.68.070 governing non-conforming use-maintenance, repair, alterations and improvements. The situation has arisen, whereby Mr. Thatcher, the Pacific Grove City Attorney, has stated to city staff, and which in turn has been related to me, that because my triplex is a triplex, and is non-conforming, I cannot put a foundation under the structure, even by going through the Pacific Grove Planning and Building De- partment. In other words, Mr. Thatcher's opinion is that because of the way the ordinance is now drafted, I cannot even obtain a variance or other administrative remedy to enable me to put a concrete foundation under this 1887 building, because it is non- conforming. , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Forest,138 Forest,138 FOREST AVE_011.pdf,138 FOREST AVE_011.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 138 FOREST AVE_011.PDF, 138 FOREST AVE_011.pdf 1 Page 1