Commission gauges major grading, driveway and stable requests for Forest Spur Lane project; continues hearing

The Planning Commission continued its review Jan. 9 of a large redevelopment proposal on Forest Spur Lane that would demolish a 3,525-square-foot house and build a new 4,870-square-foot residence with a 665-square-foot garage, a proposed 1,585-square-foot two-story stable, a 1,110-square-foot pool and substantial grading and retaining walls.

Planning staff summarized the application (zoning case 23-100), noting the lot is zoned RAS-1, is approximately 1.08 acres (net lot area reported as 47,063 square feet in staff materials, about 1.08 acres), and that the project proposes 7,600 cubic yards of grading balanced on-site. The plan would expand the primary building pad by about 4,890 square feet, create a second building pad (stable) of roughly 4,140 square feet, and include variances to exceed the municipal lot-disturbance and flat-work coverage thresholds (staff calculated flat-work coverage proposed at about 19% vs. the 15% maximum and disturbance proposed at 67% vs. the…