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Design review study session for 31 Bigelow focuses on parking, redwood protection and historic evaluation
Summary
The commission held a study session on a proposed replacement single‑family home at 31 Bigelow (PL25‑0093). Staff and the applicant discussed massing, an alternate shifted plan, parking dimensions, and tree preservation; commissioners asked for arborist input, detailed parking dimensions and story poles or renderings before a return for full review.
The Planning Commission on Feb. 10 conducted a study session on a design‑review application for 31 Bigelow Avenue, where the applicants propose demolishing existing structures and building a new single‑family residence designed to fit the street’s scale while preserving mature redwoods on the West Blythedale frontage.
Planner Wayne Farrens summarized the proposal (project PL25‑0093), noting the site is an approximate 6,217‑square‑foot through lot in the RS‑6 zoning district with a moderate slope. Farrens said a historic‑resource evaluation found the existing house ineligible for listing but recommended an expanded review because documentation indicates the home may have been substantially rebuilt in 1937. He…
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