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Historic Preservation Commission narrows review of ‘large residence’ bill, urges clarifications
Summary
After hours of public comment, the commission endorsed planning staff’s recommendation to remove a conditional‑use trigger for historic properties in a proposed ordinance aimed at discouraging oversized single‑family expansions, and requested additional clarifications on thresholds and gross‑floor‑area measurement before the Planning Commission acts.
The Historic Preservation Commission on July 7 endorsed a targeted change to a supervisor-sponsored ordinance intended to discourage conversions of modest single‑family houses into large luxury homes while encouraging additional housing units.
Supervisor Mandelmann’s office and staff described a proposal that would trigger a planning-commission conditional-use (CU) authorization when projects exceed size thresholds (notably a 2,500‑square‑foot per‑unit trigger and various percentage‑increase rules). Planning staff proposed a set of modifications — including exemptions for projects that maximize…
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