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Page 1 of 4 <br />Item #9 <br /> CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT <br /> <br />November 4, 2025 <br />Community and Economic Development <br /> <br />TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING - HEAR AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S <br />DETERMINATION AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION UPHOLDING THE APPROVAL <br />OF AN APPLICATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW TO INSTALL <br />SIX, APPROXIMATELY 15-FOOT-TALL, TENNIS COURT LIGHTS IN THE REAR <br />YARD LOCATED AT 2207 MARTIN AVENUE, FILED UNDER CASE NO. P25- <br />0236 <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br />On July 18, 2025, the Zoning Administrator (ZA) held a public hearing and approved an <br />Administrative Design Review (ADR) application to install six, approximately 15-foot-tall, tennis <br />court lights in the rear yard of a property located at 2207 Martin Avenue, filed under Case No. <br />P25-0236. On August 4, 2025, the adjacent neighbors/appellants located at 3520 Dennis Drive <br />filed an appeal of the ZA’s approval to the Planning Commission. On September 10, 2025, the <br />Planning Commission upheld the ZA’s approval, based on the required findings and subject to <br />the draft Conditions of Approval listed in Attachment 2, Exhibit A. <br /> <br />On September 25, 2025, the adjacent neighbors/appellants filed an appeal of the Planning <br />Commission’s determination to the City Council (Attachment 3). <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Adopt a resolution upholding the Planning Commission’s determination upholding the Zoning <br />Administrator’s determination to approve an application for Administrative Design Review to <br />install six, approximately 15-foot-tall, tennis court lights in the rear yard of a property located at <br />2207 Martin Avenue, filed under Case No. P25-0236, based on the required findings and <br />subject to the draft Conditions of Approval listed in Attachment 1. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />On February 6, 2024, the City Council approved Planned Unit Development (PUD)-148, which <br />established R-1-40,000 District development standards for the subject property and allowed <br />the installation of fencing around an existing tennis court. PUD-148 does not prohibit lighting of <br />the tennis court; however, a condition of approval for the PUD requires Administrative Design <br />Review (ADR) approval for any tennis court lighting exceeding eight feet in height. <br /> <br />As required by PUD-148, the applicant submitted an ADR application to install the proposed <br />tennis court lights. The initial application was denied by the Planning Commission on May 22, <br />2025, due to insufficient information on potential lighting impacts. The Commission clarified in <br />making its decision that the denial was based on insufficient technical analysis, not that lighting <br />should be prohibited altogether. <br /> <br />A revised ADR application (P25-0236), including a detailed lighting and photometric study (see <br />Attachment 2, Exhibit B), was submitted on June 2, 2025. Following a public hearing on July <br />Page 74 of 323