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San Mateo County design panel urges mandatory story poles for larger projects, allows small single‑story exemptions
Summary
The Coastside Design Review Committee voted Jan. 9 to send a letter to the county supervisor urging required story poles for new construction over 500 square feet and for roof‑altering additions, while proposing exemptions for single‑story projects 500 sq ft or smaller and 16 feet or less.
The San Mateo County Coastside Design Review Committee voted Jan. 9 to send a recommendation to the county supervisor asking that the county require physical story poles for most larger projects, while exempting small single‑story work from formal design review.
The committee asked the board to require story poles for new construction over 500 square feet and for any second‑ or third‑story addition that alters an existing roof line. The committee asked that single‑story projects that are 500 square feet or smaller and 16 feet or less in height be exempt from formal design review, though such projects would still be subject to building codes and posted notice requirements.
The change was approved after a staff presentation on virtual demonstration tools and a committee discussion about balancing cost, objectivity and neighborhood notice. "There are technologies readily available these days to be able to virtually place a building…
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