AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: July 19, 2022
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Daren Grilley, Assistant Director of Public Works/City Engineer Samer Elayyan, Engineering Services Manager
Subject: AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND COVENANTS WITH EVEN
BLUE HEIGHTS, LLC, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 927 NORTH WHITTIER DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS,
CALIFORNIA, TO ENCROACH INTO THE CITY OF BEVERLY
HILLS UTILITY EASEMENTS ON THEIR PROPERTY
Attachments: 1. City of Beverly Hills Encroachment Permit and Covenants
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council move to approve an encroachment permit and covenants with Even Blue Heights, LLC, to allow encroachment into the City of Beverly Hills easements for storm drain and public utility purposes at 927 North Whittier Drive, City of Beverly Hills, California.
INTRODUCTION
Even Blue Heights, LLC applied for an encroachment permit to install a wrought iron fence over a portion of the storm drain easement located at the front of the property, and a concrete pad for a Southern California Edison (SCE) transformer over a portion of the public utility easement along the southerly side of the property located at 927 North Whittier Drive.
DISCUSSION
The encroachment permit and covenants with Even Blue Heights, LLC, will allow the owner to cross the City’s storm drain easement in the front of the property to install a portion of a fence and two pilasters with shallow footings to support the fence. In addition, the encroachment permit and covenants will allow the owner to install a portion of an SCE pad on a portion of the easement for public utility purposes at the southerly side of the property. Both encroachments are illustrated on Exhibit “C” of the encroachment permit and covenants (Attachment 1). The storm drain easement is currently being used for a &8
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storm drain line approximately five feet below the surface that conveys low volume of storm water. The public utility easement is currently used for a water line that is at least four feet away from the proposed SCE pad.
In the event the City of Beverly Hills will need to perform any repairs, replacement or installation of any utilities within the easement, the City will not be liable for any damage or replacement costs associated with any of the permittee’s improvements in connection with the City’s repair, replacement or installation to any of its utilities.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this permit. The applicant paid the City a fee $8,850 for the processing of the permanent encroachment application. There is no other payment associated with the encroachment permit and covenant.
Shana Epstein,
Director of Public Works
Approved By