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Commission approves 9 Douglas Street addition after trimming upper‑floor corner to reduce neighbor impacts
Summary
After weeks of neighborhood meetings and a detailed shadow analysis, the commission approved a second‑story addition at 9 Douglas Street but required the sponsor to remove a small second‑floor toilet room (a ~3.6×7.2 ft corner) to reduce encroachment into a neighbor light well.
The Planning Commission on Aug. 2 approved a revised second‑story addition at 9 Douglas Street, adopting a modification intended to reduce loss of light and maintain neighbor access to light wells.
Planning staff presented the mandatory discretionary review for the addition. Neighbors at 5 and 15 Douglas Street and others urged the commission to take discretionary review, arguing the addition—two stories added to a one‑story cottage with a rear pop‑out—was out of scale with the modest cottage fabric, would cast a tall new wall into adjacent light wells and would reduce year‑round sunlight and…
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