Planners consider remodel and right‑of‑way acquisition for 250 Redwood Road

The San Anselmo Planning Commission on Jan. 6 held a study session on a conceptual remodel of a 1923 home at 250 Redwood Road that would enlarge the upper floor, reconfigure interior spaces and add about 421 square feet of habitable area.

Planning Director Heidi Skopel described the lot as located in the single‑family conservation general plan category but zoned R‑1; the parcel is also in the town's Bald Hill area plan and the Wildland‑Urban Interface (WUI), which affects building materials and fire‑safety requirements. The existing house is roughly 914 square feet of floor area; staff reported the proposed addition would increase floor area by about 421 square feet and raise the overall building height by roughly three inches.

Attorney Len Rifkind, representing owners Jason Jaworski and Romy Hom, explained a partial right‑of‑way abandonment in 2012 left a small sliver of town‑controlled paper street across the property. Rifkind said a new town vacation and conveyance of that sliver to the owner would reduce the project's lot‑coverage nonconformity and thereby…