A day after crews guided the San Lorenzo River away from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and back toward the ocean, a bulldozer continued Wednesday building up a berm on Main Beach to protect the historic amusement park.
On March 20, 2012 the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance we have been supporting. This ordinance includes addressing legally built structures that have become nonconforming over the years due to subsequent ordinance changes.
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously adopted new rules intended to simplify the process of getting many home renovations through the notoriously hard-to-navigate county Planning Department.
The stubborn San Lorenzo River continued Thursday to threaten Santa Cruz’ most iconic landmark, the Beach Boardwalk.
SANTA CRUZ – The rapidly flowing San Lorenzo River, instead of heading straight to sea, has taken a sharp right turn onto the beach and delivered the Boardwalk a scare.
The Commission will act on Costal Staff recommendations to modify LCP exceptions presented by Santa Cruz County. The LCP provision would allow for exceptions from certain maximum scale and bulk standards
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting on February 28 at 9:00 am to consider adoption of proposed ordinance and General Plan amendments which are intended to help streamline and ease requirements to improve or rebuild both homes and commercial properties in Santa Cruz County.
The Santa Cruz County planning department has revised some of the proposed ordinance changes that are focused primarily on nonconforming structures and uses.
Homeowners who might want a new kitchen, to add a bedroom or even fix dry rot may have shared the tale. For so-called “nonconforming” structures — buildings that met code at the time they were built but no longer do — any change to more than half of a wall that could no longer be built under present-day codes requires the homeowner to bring the whole house up to code.
We would like to see and encourage you to support clear language in the proposed changes that state:
“Legally built nonconforming structures are allowed to be rebuilt after a fire or other natural disaster in the same size and footprint that existed prior to the loss regardless of the percentage of loss incurred.”