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Commission sends Glen Park infill proposal back for redesign after broad neighborhood opposition
Summary
A proposed four‑story single‑family house on a 914‑sq‑ft triangular Glen Park lot that volunteers maintain as a community garden drew heavy opposition. Commissioners sent the project back for redesign, asking sponsors to remove the top‑floor roof deck/stair, reduce the third‑floor deck to the code minimum and provide light wells for property‑line windows; DPW was asked to review shared curb cut safety.
The Planning Commission voted March 9 to grant the discretionary review (DR) request and send a proposed single‑family house at the tiny, volunteer‑maintained community garden lot on Diamond Street back for redesign with specific changes.
Neighbors, volunteers and garden stewards described long community use of the roughly 914‑square‑foot parcel and urged the city to preserve it; some speakers said the property sale price ($165,000) indicated it was…
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