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Commission denies El Camino Del Mar deck permit after neighbor settlement dispute; approves 463 Duncan with reduced deck and privacy condition
Summary
The commission took discretionary review on two neighbor disputes. It denied the El Camino Del Mar deck application — citing the parties' prior agreement and neighborhood concerns — and approved the 463 Duncan Street project with conditions: reduce the second‑floor deck depth and add a privacy screen. Votes were unanimous (El Camino Del Mar denial) and 5–1 (463 Duncan, with one dissent).
The Planning Commission weighed two public‑initiated discretionary reviews on Dec. 6 and reached opposite outcomes.
At 610 El Camino Del Mar, neighbors (represented by Dennis Shanahier and Pam Baer) argued the owner was seeking to extend an existing deck beyond the terms of a 2011 agreement negotiated with neighbors. The parties described a prior compromise and said returning to a larger footprint would undermine neighborhood trust and the private…
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