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Neighbors and developer clash over Ord Court through‑lot project; commission approves one lot and continues the other
Summary
A long-running discretionary review for rear-lot development at 22 and 24 Ord Court generated intense neighborhood opposition focused on tree protection, lot coverage and shadow impacts. After hearing expert testimony and alternative site designs, the Commission approved the conditional use for 22 Ord Court and continued (intent to deny) the rear-lot 24 Ord Court matter to Nov. 19 for further review.
The Planning Commission took up a highly contested discretionary review on Sept. 24 on a multiparcel proposal affecting 22 and 24 Ord Court (through lots with State Street frontage). The proposal seeks new rear-lot construction and interior expansions that would exceed a 55% lot-coverage threshold and therefore require conditional use authorization under recently enacted interim controls.
Neighbors objected repeatedly in public comment sessions that the plan would eliminate significant open backyard space, risk two mature Monterey cypress…
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