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Design Review Board approves three‑story Carlisle Avenue multifamily building with minor conditions
Summary
The Design Review Board approved a three‑story, seven‑unit multifamily building on Carlisle Avenue in the North Beach National Register Conservation District overlay, granting a Ground‑Floor height waiver and requesting final screening and understory ceiling review.
The Design Review Board voted July 5 to approve a three‑story multifamily building (seven units) at Carlisle Avenue (DRB 23‑09227921). The site lies within the North Beach National Register Conservation District overlay, which reduces allowable height compared with other RM‑1 zones; staff said the proposed building sits below the overlay’s maximum height and recommended approval with minor conditions.
The applicant team explained the building concept as a volumetric composition of textured concrete and engineered wood‑look cladding, open breezeways, and rooftop amenities while keeping the ground floor openings and parking screened with landscaping. Staff recommended final review of the understory ceiling and mechanical/electrical/plumbing details, screening for parking, and a reduced curb cut; the board included those items as conditions in the draft final order. The board also noted that a prohibited tree shown on the landscape plan would need removal per code.
Board members praised the design’s materiality and the unit layout, calling it a welcome low‑scale multifamily addition to the block. The motions to approve design with conditions and the ground floor height waiver passed unanimously 5–0.
