Santa Barbara Single‑Family Design Board approves Campanile Drive home after privacy, HOA concerns

The Single‑Family Design Board on Oct. 6 approved project design and final approval for a proposed single‑family residence at 13627 Campanile Drive after hearing neighbor concerns about privacy, landscaping and homeowners‑association rules.

The project applicant proposes to demolish an existing single‑unit residence and attached garage and build a 4,043‑square‑foot, single‑story main residence with a 750‑square‑foot three‑car garage. Staff said the accessory dwelling unit (about 1,200 square feet) is permitted but is outside the board’s purview; the total proposed development footprint was described in staff materials as 5,994 square feet on a roughly 61,506‑square‑foot lot.

Neighbors and the board focused comment on privacy impacts from a rooftop tower element and on landscaping. Pippa Carson, a nearby resident, urged denial at the public‑comment podium, saying the proposal “raises the home’s height, adds a rooftop tower, and a large rooftop deck” and that the deck and proposed tall…