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Planning Commission denies permit change that would remove kitchen from long‑occupied Cesar Chavez cottage
Summary
The Commission took discretionary review and disapproved a building‑permit change that would strip a rear cottage’s kitchen to reconcile parcel paperwork, citing preservation of existing housing and consistency with city efforts to keep dwelling units available.
The Planning Commission on Oct. 23 exercised discretionary review and disapproved a proposed building‑permit change for a property at 3826–3828 Cesar Chavez Street that would have removed a kitchen in a rear cottage used as a long‑occupied dwelling. The decision, 5–1, was intended to preserve an existing housing unit pending a more deliberate legal and administrative resolution.
Planning staff explained the property is a two‑flat with a rear cottage historically occupied as a separate residential unit but without separate meters. The…
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