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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
June 14, 2022
• Written Public Comment
L.2. PUBLIC HEARING FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF
ORDINANCES AMENDING REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE (RBMC) TITLE 10 CHAPTER 2 ZONING AND LAND USE AND TITLE 10 CHAPTER 5
COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO
SETBACKS FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES,
INCLUDING ACCESSORY BUILINGS AND DWELLING UNITS, AND
STANDARDS FOR BUILDING AND OTHER PROJECTIONS IN ALL ZONES AND
CONSIDERATION OF A CALIFORNIA ENVIROMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15308 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES
CONTACT: BRANDY FORBES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
From: Douglas and Elaine
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 12:51 PM
To: Brandy Forbes <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Scully <[email protected]>
Subject: Revisions to Inland Ordinances
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Hi Brandy,
It was suggested to me by Sean Scully in Planning, during a lengthy conversation this morning that I contact you concerning certain types of plumbing equipment that should be prohibited from being installed into residential side setbacks.
In the proposed Revision to Inland Ordinances on Accessory Setbacks and Encroachments which will undergo its first reading this evening, I urgently request of you and the City Council Members to consider removing the listed plumbing equipment; tankless water heaters and water softeners from being installed in residential side setbacks, nor be allowed to be vented into the side setback. Also, the prohibition of garage installed whole house vacuum cannisters that are vented to side setbacks should be included.
These types of plumbing equipment can and do produce disruptive noise. We have twenty cumulative years of experiencing these kinds of annoying noises and disruptions to the peace and quiet enjoyment of our home and then having to endure and expend great effort to have this kind of equipment be removed by Code Enforcement.
I will be speaking to the Council this evening asking that tankless water heaters and water softeners not be allowed in residential side setbacks and to prohibit the venting of garage installed whole house vacuum cannisters into the side setback.
If these kinds of plumbing equipment are allowed in residential side setbacks and noise from garage installed mechanical units are allowed to be vented into residential side setbacks, the disruptive noise which is harmful to people and diminishes our quality of life along with lowering property values will all be incalculable and is completely unnecessary as there are viable alternatives to which I will mention to the Council.
Thank you,
Douglas Sieker