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Board grants project design approval for ADU and workshop at 817 Spring Street, asks for architectural details
Summary
The board approved project design approval for a two‑story 990‑square‑foot ADU with a 250‑square‑foot workshop at 817 Spring Street, accepted revisions to meet a 1,250‑square‑foot accessory‑building limit and recommended final detailing (window spacing, trellis supports, removal of a privacy wall) before final sign‑off.
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Santa Barbara Single‑Family Design Board granted project design approval for the proposed accessory building at 817 Spring Street, a two‑story ADU and workshop, and asked the applicant to refine architectural details before final approval.
Designer Ken Vermillion of Buildsdon Architecture and Planning explained that Planning staff applied a code interpretation limiting any single detached accessory building to 1,250 square feet, so the team revised the design to bring the workshop and ADU into compliance. Vermillion told the board that “planning interpreted that a detached accessory building ... cannot be more than 1,250 square feet,” and that to meet the limit they reduced the…
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