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Board approves additions and revocable encroachment permit at 1970 Temple Hills Drive
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Summary
The board approved design review and a revocable encroachment permit for alterations at 1970 Temple Hills Drive, including an upper-level addition, pool and driveway gate; staff and applicant addressed a neighbor's questions about the encroachment permit and retaining walls.
The Design Review Board voted March 13 to approve design review 25-0017 and a revocable encroachment permit (REP) 25-0016 for 1970 Temple Hills Drive, allowing additions to a one-story home and improvements in the public right-of-way including a driveway gate and security fencing.
Staff summarized the application as an upper-level addition, chimney alteration, elevated decks, a pool and spa and landscaping. The REP covered proposed improvements where the property connects to the unimproved right-of-way. During public comment, a neighbor asked how the REP would affect the street and property lines and voiced concerns about a retaining wall near the pool. Planning staff and the applicant explained the REP is a formalized authorization for driveway and frontage improvements that already exist or are proposed between the property line and the street; staff said the REP would not change property lines and that retaining walls would be engineered.
Board members reviewed the revised plans and the applicant—s changes to windows and tree heights to address the neighbor's concerns. The board adopted the resolution approving design review 25-0017 and the REP and found the action exempt from CEQA under §15301.
