April 10, 2025 — The San Mateo County Coastal Design Review Committee approved design review for a new two‑story, 2,276‑square‑foot single‑family residence with an attached 415‑square‑foot garage and an attached 485‑square‑foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on Miranda Road in Miramar (file PLN2024‑00183). The ADU was treated as a ministerial project and not subject to design review per staff notes.

The committee found the project exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15303 (Class 3). The application was deemed complete on Feb. 26, 2025, and the planner on the record was Randall Cohen.

The owner/applicant identified herself on the record as Svetlana Olathe; a contractor who spoke to construction and material choices described the primary accent siding as a rust/brown tone and said the reddish color shown in some renderings was not the intended finish. The owner told the committee she had no substantive comments beyond ensuring the design “is aligned with the, all the requirements.”

Committee discussion focused on material transitions, the composition of façade elements and a small upper‑level window above the garage. Committee members said the small window made the garage visually prominent and encouraged adding either a larger or an additional window on the front face to break up a blank plane and better balance the elevation. The applicant’s representative agreed to add an upstairs window matching the scale of the existing window above the garage.

The committee also added two conditions addressing color and exterior lighting: that the exterior siding and accents use warm, muted earth tones (the project team said the intended accent is a rust/brown, not a bright red) and that exterior lighting be minimized and quantified (standard applied: one fixture per entry, two allowed at garage) and shown on final plans.

After the committee discussed those conditions, a motion to approve was made and the roll‑call vote recorded April Bingham and Moshe Porter voting yes; the motion passed.

Permit details: 2,276‑square‑foot primary residence; attached 415‑square‑foot garage; 485‑square‑foot ADU; lot area 5,000 square feet; minor grading; no tree removals reported in staff description. The ADU was listed as ministerial.