To our Elected Officials,
We are writing again on clear setback volition of our neighbor’s new ADU construction that the City building division permitted.
We demand our elected officials to investigate and reverse this permitting mistake. They are in clear violation of the City’s setback rules based on two independent survey. The planning division (Chuck Andrews and the team) issued this permit to our neighbor out of negligence and they are not incentivized to revert their mistake nor do they respond to our repeated request.
We would like the City Council to initiate an independent investigation into this matter. As tax-paying law-abiding citizens, we demand the City to enforce the building codes. We will fight it all the way to make sure the finals are not issued to this neighbor. We should not allow incompetence and negligence of building division create disarray in the City.
Here is the original case we have brought to your attentions on March 31, 2022.
We are the owner of “2143 Menalto Avenue”. We have the proof that our neighbor at “104 Haight” has built an ADU that is in violation of the City setback law. We hired Underwood & Rosenblum, Inc. to perform a survey on our home property lines and 104 Haight’s ADU. Attached please find:
- 2143 Survey Report
- Photo of 104 Haight’s ADU marked in letter B. Our home “2143 Menalto” is marked in letter A.
The survey report shows the ADU is 2.6 to 2.8 feet from the property line which is not 4 feet according to the City of Menlo Park setback law, Municipal Code 16.79.090 (b) (1). https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/MenloPark/#!/MenloPark16/MenloPark1679.html#16.79.090
Kind regards,
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Pouya Taaghol, PhD
Founder/CEO
1735 Technology Drive, Suite 650
San Jose, CA 95110
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From: Pouya Taaghol
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 8:52 AM
To: Andrews, Chuck , bnash@menlopark.org , jwolosin@menlopark.org , rdmueller@menlopark.org , cttaylor@menlopark.org , dcombs@menlopark.org , city.council@menlopark.org , ndoherty@bwslaw.com
Cc: Rachel Pang , JSicat@menlopark.org , cdsandmeier@menlopark.org , CRTurner@menlopark.org
Subject: Re: Filing a complaint about violation of setback law
Chuck and City of Menlo Park,
We would like to get an update on this one. Chuck Andrews and his team have been giving us 9 months of runaround and negligently defending the illegal ADU our neighbor has been constructing.
Kind regards,
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Pouya Taaghol, PhD
Founder/CEO
1735 Technology Drive, Suite 650
San Jose, CA 95110
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From: Andrews, Chuck
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 4:51 PM
To: Pouya Taaghol
Subject: RE: Filing a complaint about violation of setback law
Good afternoon Mr. Taaghol,
I apologize for the delayed response. We do acknowledge receipt of your email and attachment. We are currently reviewing your request. We will follow up toward the end of next week when City staff has had a chance to review and discuss.
Thank You,
Chuck
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Chuck Andrews
Assistant Community Development Director
City Hall - 1st Floor
701 Laurel St.
tel 650-330-6757
menlopark.org
From: Pouya Taaghol
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 9:13 AM
To: Andrews, Chuck ; Nash, Betsy ; Wolosin, Jen ; Mueller, Ray ; Taylor, Cecilia ; Combs, Drew ; _CCIN ; Doherty, Nira F
Cc: Rachel Pang ; Pouya Taaghol ; Sicat, Jom ; Sandmeier, Corinna D ; Turner, Christopher R
Subject: Filing a complaint about violation of setback law
Chuck and Members of the Menlo Park City Council,
We are the owner of “2143 Menalto Avenue”. We have the proof that our neighbor at “104 Haight” has built an ADU that is in violation of the City setback law. We hired Underwood & Rosenblum, Inc. to perform a survey on our home property lines and 104 Haight’s ADU. Attached please find:
- 2143 Survey Report
- Photo of 104 Haight’s ADU marked in letter B. Our home “2143 Menalto” is marked in letter A.
The survey report shows the ADU is 2.6 to 2.8 feet from the property line which is not 4 feet according to the City of Menlo Park setback law, Municipal Code 16.79.090 (b) (1). https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/MenloPark/#!/MenloPark16/MenloPark1679.html#16.79.090
We would like to ask the City of Menlo Park to take appropriate actions to fix this construction error that is introducing fire hazard to and devolution of the neighborhood.
Kind regards,
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Pouya Taaghol, PhD
Founder/CEO
1735 Technology Drive, Suite 650
San Jose, CA 95110
bigdatafed.com | +1 408 623 8529
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