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Commission pauses controversial Corona Heights lot‑split after heated public debate
Summary
After hours of testimony for and against a proposed lot split and 4‑unit infill at 4300 Seventeenth Street, the Planning Commission continued the matter indefinitely and asked the sponsor to work with staff on a design that preserves usable open space while advancing affordable housing commitments.
A contentious hearing over a proposed lot subdivision and new four‑unit project at 4300 Seventeenth Street closed with an indefinite continuance after sustained public testimony and staff concerns about multiple variances.
Staff presented the proposal as a subdivide‑and‑build plan that would create a new substandard lot and a four‑unit building; the sponsor has volunteered two permanently affordable units and said the project would create the first permanently affordable units in the neighborhood. Staff and the Residential Design Advisory Committee, however, found the…
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