Lafayette City Council, Nov 25, 2024
The council received a presentation on the East Bay Mud Reservoir Tower retrofit, reviewed the tree ordinance update, and took up the ADU ordinance update.
4 h 36 min in session · date on the body’s own agenda listing
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The meeting, in short
The council received a presentation on the East Bay Mud Reservoir Tower retrofit, reviewed the tree ordinance update, and took up the ADU ordinance update. 40:31
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I do have another question. I mean, the— looking at the different water levels, can you just— maybe you know, or we can ask East Bay MUD, what is the state? I mean, how do you— I don't know, how do we evaluate what the normal depth of the reservoir is?John McCormick · Council Member1:36:09
I would like to understand, is East Bay Mud just moving ahead though with the shortened tower project? Because this is where I worry. Um, I'm just worrying if we could just have a delay. We could just kind of move it, you know.John McCormick · Council Member2:20:22
See, I, I would say we don't allow it because they've come in, they're cutting down a protected tree, right? Um, we're again presumably for good reason, and we're saying, okay, now you need to plant, but if there's no room, right, we don't do anything.Carl Anduri · Council Member2:55:11
If you're doing an ADU, you don't need to apply, you just take out the tree. If you just apply for your ADU, you're saying it's going where the trees are, and you get your ADU approved and you cut the trees.Carl Anduri · Council Member3:59:05
My question there is that does this mean, uh, that, um, even, even if let's say the creek setback extends to the house, takes the entire backyard, we have to allow them to put, uh, uh, at least an 800-foot, uh, ADU, be able to have an 800-foot ADU?Carl Anduri · Council Member4:00:17
Everything you're mentioning is actually something that could be bolted onto a structure and then taken off of of a structure, right? That's kind of the definition, right? Solar panels, satellite dish, you know, removable everything. I mean, that seems to be like the— versus something that actually integral to this, to the structure, like a penthouse or chimney, right?John McCormick · Council Member4:12:52
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