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HDC approves several Marble Way garages, conditions deck size and addresses landscape concerns
Summary
The commission approved multiple garage structures in the Marble Way subdivision, approving garages set to the rear of lots and adding conditions: rear decks limited to eight feet and staff to track landscape screening improvements.
The Historic District Commission reviewed several garage proposals for lots within the Marble Way subdivision and approved multiple garage structures with conditions intended to reduce visibility and to increase screening.
Chris Magna presented a series of accessory garage structures sited toward the back of newly subdivided lots on Marble Way. Commissioners consistently noted that garages tucked far to the rear of lots were more appropriate than garages facing the street. The board approved at least two garage applications on the night in separate votes, but conditioned one approval to limit a rear deck to no more than eight feet; that motion passed with recorded ayes and one no vote (Abby) recorded in the transcript.
Board members pressed the developer and project team to submit a comprehensive landscape/screening plan for the subdivision. Staff and project counsel said a revised screening and site plan — submitted after the meeting — would show additional greenery and reduced parking footprints compared with earlier submissions. The commission asked staff to treat vegetative screening as a condition of approvals when appropriate.
Where concerns remained about the overall clustering and visual effect of ten new buildings in the project area, the board noted those were sitewide issues that individual building approvals might not fully resolve and encouraged applicants to provide more comprehensive overall site visuals for subsequent hearings.
