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Commission approves abbreviated discretionary review at 2742 Buchanan after neighbor appeal
Summary
The commission approved a small rear addition and a rooftop deck at 2742 Buchanan. Neighbors raised privacy and light/air concerns and offered alternative designs; the commission denied the Doctor (appeal) and approved the project as proposed.
The Planning Commission approved an abbreviated discretionary review for a rear addition and a third‑floor roof deck at 2742 Buchanan Street, concluding the project’s design meets residential design guidelines and does not demonstrate an exceptional circumstance warranting denial.
Staff summarized the project as a 68‑square‑foot rear infill, a widened second‑floor roof deck and a new 356‑square‑foot third‑floor roof deck. The doctor requester, the neighbor at 2734 Buchanan, said the proposed rooftop access and spiral stair would ‘‘ruin’’ the lower deck and would directly overlook the neighbor’s main living area; he asked the commission to deny the rooftop deck and continue negotiations to find a bathroom expansion that would not block four property‑line windows.
Project counsel and the designer said the expansion and the deck had been part of the design from the outset and that the owners have a right to reasonable expansion to provide ADA‑accessible bathing and laundry. The applicant indicated willingness to meet with the neighbor, but said the neighbor’s alternate layouts did not meet the sponsor’s ADA needs.
After discussion the commission voted not to take the Doctor (i.e., denied the appeal) and to approve the abbreviated DR as proposed; the motion passed unanimously.
