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Commission orders setback change after neighbor challenge to Steiner Street addition
Summary
After a discretionary review request by a downhill neighbor, the commission required a 2 ft‑6 in setback on a proposed 2‑story horizontal rear addition at 2744 Steiner and took discretionary review (5–2), directing parties to proceed with clarified plans.
The Planning Commission debated a neighbor’s challenge to a proposed two‑story horizontal addition at 2744 Steiner Street, where the lot steps sharply downhill. The adjacent downhill neighbor argued the sponsor’s 0‑lot‑line placement of the first‑floor addition and the second‑floor alignment would create shadow, privacy and pattern‑of‑open‑space impacts and that topography should shift the addition uphill.
After presentations from both sides, the sponsor agreed to several design compromises during outreach, including a proposal to align the second floor with the neighboring house. Commission discussion focused on the sloping lot and the appropriate treatment of rear‑yard additions where lateral slopes exceed 20 percent. On a 5–2 vote the Commission voted to take discretionary review and require that the sponsor set back the second floor 2 feet 6 inches from the rear line (motion passed 5–2). Commissioners noted the compromise envelope filed in outreach materials and asked staff to ensure the revised elevation is submitted to DBI and to the record.
What’s next: The sponsor must file the formal revisions with the department and DBI; the Commission’s DR action requires the documented revised envelope (the pink compromise materials discussed at the hearing) be recorded in the permit record.
