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Woodside planning commission approves ramp, variances for 370 Old Landa Road
Summary
The Town of Woodside Planning Commission voted 4-0 June 11 to approve a setback exception, steep-slope variance and a height variance to allow an elevated ramp, platforms and new pathway at 370 Old Landa Road to replace an existing staircase and improve access for the homeowners.
The Town of Woodside Planning Commission on June 11 approved variances to allow an elevated ramp, new pathway and platforms at 370 Old Landa Road, voting 4-0 to grant a setback exception, a variance for development within steep slopes and a height variance for portions of the ramp.
The project replaces a single straight staircase with a reconfigured stair, an on-grade 4-foot-wide pathway and a 4-foot-wide elevated ramp with widened platform landings. Staff and the applicant said the design is intended to provide an alternative, gentler access route for the homeowners and to support “aging in place.”
Planning staff described the site as an 8.71-acre lot in the SCP-7.5 zoning district dominated by slopes that exceed 35–50 percent. Staff said the ramp route crosses the front setback (50-foot setback line) and that portions of the ramp’s walking surface would reach about 18 feet where the code’s maximum is 11 feet; the top of the guardrail would be…
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