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Pacifica council continues Bayview Road housing appeal, directs tighter conditions and new renderings
Summary
After hours of testimony from neighbors, applicants, and experts, the Pacifica City Council voted to continue its de novo review of a contested Bayview Road single-family plus ADU project and ordered staff to return Feb. 23 with revised conditions, updated renderings for neighbor review, arborist analysis, and escrow/bonding language before grading.
Pacifica’s City Council continued its de novo review of a disputed Bayview Road development on a vote Tuesday night, directing staff to return with revised conditions of approval and clearer project materials by Feb. 23.
The appeal centers on a proposed 3,180-square-foot single-family house with a 679-square-foot accessory dwelling unit on a 26,055-square-foot flag lot near the intersection of Bayview Road and Rockaway Beach Avenue. Neighbors and the Coalition for a Safe Pacifica argued the project would increase runoff, require tall retaining walls and heavy grading within a mapped landslide-prone area, and create privacy and safety impacts. Appellant attorney Nathaniel Wanner (Green Fire Law) urged the council to deny the Planning Commission’s approval, saying the project is inconsistent with R1H hillside objectives and that the commission improperly treated some conditions as mitigation in a CEQA exemption.
Applicant representatives and engineers defended the plans, saying the project meets Pacifica’s objective development standards and qualifies for a CEQA class 3 exemption…
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