Planning commission approves new single‑story home project at 51 Peninsula Road; demolition and revocable license recommended to council

The Belvedere Planning Commission voted to approve design review for a new single‑story home at 51 Peninsula Road, approved a demolition permit for the existing residence and recommended the applicant’s revocable license for private improvements in the Peninsula Road right‑of‑way to the city council.

Staff described the proposal as demolition of an existing 4,282‑square‑foot residence and construction of a single‑family home with approximately 2,748 square feet of living area and an attached garage on an 8,900‑square‑foot lot in the R‑1L zoning district. The site faces Belvedere Lagoon; staff told the commission the finished floor must be raised to the base flood elevation plus one foot freeboard under FEMA regulations and the city’s floodplain management ordinance. Staff estimated the finished floor would be raised five to six feet above existing grade; the proposal measured the new garage and portions of the house at roughly 12 feet from base flood elevation plus freeboard and up to about 18 feet from existing grade in places.

Architect Toby Long presented…