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Commission approves revised 225 Vasquez plan after neighbors raise sunlight and scale concerns
Summary
After neighbors contested shadow impacts, the commission approved a demolition and rebuild at 225 Vasquez with conditions limiting the top living-room ceiling to 12.5 feet and increasing the living-room setback to 10 feet; commissioners split 4–1 on the final motion.
The Planning Commission considered a conditional use authorization request to demolish a one‑story house at 225 Vasquez and construct a new two‑story house over garage with a ground‑floor accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Architect Jeff Burrows presented a revised set of shadow studies and said his models showed a reduction in the hours of direct sun on the adjacent neighbor's west wall (from a staff-cited 1,500 hours to 910 hours under the proposal) and identified a…
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