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Ross ADR recommends 3–1 in favor of sports court at 12 Canyon Road despite environmental concerns
Summary
The ADR recommended that the Town Council approve a 40-by-60-foot sports court on an elevated platform at 12 Canyon Road, with one member dissenting and several residents and ADR members raising concerns about hillside regulations, natural waterways and potential noise impacts.
The Ross Architectural Design Review (ADR) Group voted 3–1 to recommend that the Town Council approve a proposal for a 40-by-60-foot (2,400-square-foot) elevated sports court at 12 Canyon Road, subject to any council-level review of noise and other code requirements.
Roberta (Town staff) described the proposal as seeking design review, a hillside lot permit and a variance for a wall height over 6 feet. The court would sit on a raised wooden platform adjacent to an existing pool deck, be elevated roughly 12 feet on structural steel and concrete piers, include a 7-foot concrete rebound wall on the south side and a 4-foot glass rail on the west side, and would feature downward-shielded, low-voltage landscape lighting. Staff noted that “all new sports courts…
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