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Commission orders third‑floor notch and smaller roof deck at 2630 Divisadero after concerns about massing and privacy
Summary
After neighbors and staff raised privacy, light and noise concerns about a proposed large rooftop deck and rear massing at 2630 Divisadero, the commission took discretionary review, required a Third‑Floor notch at the southeast corner and reduced the deck area (motion passed unanimously 6‑0).
The commission reviewed a proposal to demolish a three‑story, 4,900‑square‑foot dwelling and construct a new three‑story, approximately 7,700‑square‑foot single‑family home at 2630 Divisadero with an extensive roof deck. Multiple Doctor requesters — including Laura Ambrosino and Cindy Yu — objected to rear‑yard massing, mid‑block open‑space impacts, roof‑deck size (submitted plans showed roughly 750 square feet) and potential noise from rooftop mechanical equipment.
Project counsel and the architect described massing modifications including a stepped setback and a proposed notch at the upper floors to preserve some visual connection to mid‑block open space. The sponsor offered to move the rear wall back at the Third Floor and to adopt sound‑attenuation measures for rooftop equipment. Commissioners focused on the roof deck’s scale and proximity to neighbors upslope and debated a practical limit: earlier policy discussion on roof decks suggested roughly one‑third of roof area or about 500 square feet as a sensible maximum in similar adjacencies.
Commissioner Moore proposed taking Doctor and requiring a notch at the Third Floor in combination with a reduced roof deck shifted forward and cut roughly in half (or to the one‑third reference discussed by staff); commissioners refined the layout on the overhead plan, and a motion to take Doctor, reduce the roof deck with a two‑foot forward extension and implement the Third‑Floor notch passed 6‑0. The commission directed staff to implement that direction in the permit conditions.
Outcome: discretionary review was taken; the commission approved modifications requiring a Third‑Floor notch and a smaller roof deck than originally proposed, with sound‑attenuation and setback conditions to be specified by staff.
