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Neighbors ask Planning Commission to block deep two-story rear addition at 376 Eureka; sponsors say plan is within envelope
Summary
A long, heated discretionary review for a proposed two-story rear addition and lift to a small cottage at 376 Eureka drew neighborhood petitions, 3-D models and shadow studies claiming the project would dominate rear yards. Sponsors and many neighbors offered competing compromises; commissioners debated historic-resource and cumulative-impact questions before voting not to take discretionary review and leaving the project to move forward subject to standard building review.
The Planning Commission heard several hours of sharply divided public comment May 10 over a plan to raise a small cottage, add a garage and build a two-story rear addition at 376 Eureka Street.
Opponents presented a detailed physical model, story poles and shadow simulations and urged the commission to take discretionary review, arguing the two-story extension would extend deeper than surrounding houses, cast long winter shadows on adjacent patios and set a precedent for filling the neighborhood—s mid-block open space. Architect Joe Butler and nearby resident Jeffrey Levin presented solar shading analyses that, they said, showed loss of…
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