Neighbors press planning panel on Consul General addition; commissioners continue item after State Dept. input
A contentious hearing over a proposed rear‑yard addition to the Chinese Consul General’s residence at 85 St. Elmo Way left the Planning Commission continuing the item for further review after residents raised emergency‑access and safety concerns and a U.S. State Department official described federal review and reciprocity considerations.
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The Planning Commission continued consideration of a conditional‑use application for a residential addition at the Consul General of the People’s Republic of China’s residence at 85 St. Elmo Way after a packed public comment period in which neighbors raised health, safety and emergency‑access concerns.
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