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Commission approves limited raise for Broderick Street home to allow garage insertion, limits height to 3 feet
Summary
The commission allowed a discretionary review for 2853–2857 Broderick St. to proceed with a raise to insert a garage but limited that raise to no more than 3 feet based on concerns about eave lines and streetscape impacts.
The Planning Commission on Oct. 6 authorized a staff‑initiated discretionary review for a building‑permit application at 2853–2857 Broderick Street and approved the project with a limit: the house may be raised no more than 3 feet as measured under planning‑code height definitions.
Staff described the proposal as inserting a garage into an existing 3‑story over‑basement building by raising the structure; preservation planners capped the recommended raise at 3 feet to reduce potential visual impacts on matching historic eaves on adjacent row houses. The Doctor requester and adjacent homeowners argued that even a 3‑foot raise would alter eave lines and create access and driveway slope challenges; the architect and sponsor said the garage would be steep but feasible and that a 4‑foot raise previously proposed was reduced after historic‑resource review.
After discussion, the commission approved the project but constrained the raise to three feet measured from the planning‑code datum (existing curb/property‑center datum). Commissioners noted construction tolerances are under DBI review but requested the planning measurement standard be explicit in the permit condition.
