4748 Engle Road Multifamily Conversion

The project consists of the following entitlement requests from Sacramento County: 1. A Use Permit to allow for the conversion of an existing office building into 16 multi-family dwelling units in the Business Professional Office (BP) zoning district. 2. A Special Development Permit to allow the proposed project to deviate from the following development standards: • Parking Lot Landscaping (Section 5.2.4.F, Table 5.2): Landscaped areas at the end of parking rows are required and shall be a minimum of eight feet in width, excluding curbing. As proposed, the internal end islands east of the carports have been reduced to five feet in width. • Covered Parking (Section 5.9.3.F.3., Table 5.25): One (1) parking space per unit shall be covered (carport or garage). As proposed, there are no carports or garages for each unit parking space. • Unit Entries Aesthetics (Multi-family Design Standard Section 3.5.2.C.3): Articulate individual unit entries with stoops, raised porches, low wall courtyards or other aesthetic entry features. As proposed, the project does not articulate individual unit entries with aesthetic features. • Private Open Space (Multi-family Design Standard Section 3.8.3.F.1 ): Provide each dwelling unit with a private open space such as an at-grade patio, stoop, porch, or balcony for upper stories for the exclusive use of that unit. Private open spaces shall be a minimum of 40 square feet per dwelling unit. As proposed, Unit 1 will be unable to meet this requirement due to existing building constraints. 3. A Variance pursuant to the Mission Oaks Neighborhood Preservation Area (NPA)(Section 532-016), to deviate from the landscaping planter requirement of 25 feet adjacent to the interior boundary lines of all adjoining residential, recreation or agricultural­residential zones. The applicant proposes a continuous landscaping planter along adjacent boundary lines adjoining residential zones between five and a half feet and ten and a half feet. 4. A Development Plan Review pursuant to the Mission Oaks Neighborhood Preservation Area (Section 532-014), for the development of non-single family residential use of property described in Section 532-12.1. 5. A Design Review to determine substantial compliance with the Sacramento County Countywide Design Guidelines (Design Guidelines).