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Commission orders changes to retaining wall and grading at 2476 Diamond after neighbor objections
Summary
After neighbors challenged new perimeter concrete walls and regrading at 2476 Diamond, the Planning Commission took discretionary review and approved a compromise requiring the sponsor to lower portions of the wall, choose neighbor-agreed facing materials, and add landscaping; motion passed unanimously 7-0.
The Planning Commission reviewed a discretionary request concerning grading and a new perimeter retaining wall at 2476 Diamond Street and approved a modified outcome that requires the project sponsor to reduce certain retaining-wall heights, coordinate fence and cladding materials with immediate neighbors, and add landscaping or other treatments to soften the wall.
Neighbors said the poured concrete perimeter wall created a visually dominant barrier that cut off access to a mid-block open space and cast year-round shade into adjacent rear yards. "This concrete wall should go back to the original grade," one neighbor said, arguing the construction…
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