What’s happening: The Planning Commission approved a new house on Ethel Avenue on Tuesday, 3-0, five months after it first took up the project. Staff recommended approval. The Briefing previewed the first hearing in June and covered the August study session.
The June plan kept part of the old house and needed two variances, exceptions to zoning rules the commission can grant but doesn’t have to: one to keep a front wall less than 4 feet from the property line, well inside the 15-foot setback, and one for a height of nearly 29 feet where the limit is 25. The commission continued the item. The owners returned in August with a full teardown, which let them drop both.
What’s at stake: Nearly every snag traced to the slope…
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