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Board continues Seacove Drive remodel after neighbors raise privacy and view concerns
Summary
After extended public comment and board deliberation about deck size, privacy screening and landscaping, the Design Review Board continued the 31731 Seacove Drive application to July 24 and asked the applicant to trim and redesign the upper deck, provide clarified screening and consider changes to glazing and a fire pit.
The Design Review Board on May 22 continued Design Review 24‑1151, Coastal Development Permit 24‑1152 and related variances for 31731 Seacove Drive to the July 24 meeting, citing unresolved neighbor concerns about the scale of a proposed elevated deck, privacy impacts and view equity.
Staff said the project had been continued previously and that the applicant reduced the elevated deck size and added a hedge of Pittosporum or similar screening along the north property line. The project proposes additions, a new two‑car garage, retaining walls, grading and a 928‑square‑foot attached ADU.
Neighbors at the public hearing said the reduced deck still projected too far west, created direct sight lines into bedrooms and living rooms on adjacent properties, and that the decking, fire pit and pool seating would create a “fishbowl” effect. The applicant said he had reduced the deck area and proposed Silver Sheen and Podocarpus hedges and said he would work with the neighbors on glazing and privacy treatments; the applicant also agreed to remove a proposed fire pit when asked during the hearing.
Board members agreed the application needed clearer privacy and landscape solutions and more substantial deck reduction. The board directed the applicant to return with revised plans showing additional deck reduction, a landscape plan with robust screening (including proposed species and minimum/maximum heights), and glazing/privacy treatments and continued the item to July 24 so staff could bring the revised resolution for action.
