Small Balenas addition prompts neighbor objection and ADR call for proportionality study

Aug 21, 2024

A proposed 42‑square‑foot exterior addition at 103 Balenas Avenue would increase recorded FAR slightly; ADR members generally found the design contextual but asked the applicants to supply a neighborhood proportionality study and engineering details after a nearby neighbor raised privacy and drainage concerns.

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At the Aug. 20 Ross ADR meeting, Ariana Van Meers and her husband John Bozell presented a conceptual plan to push a master-closet wall outward by 4 feet and add about 36 interior square feet (42 exterior) at 103 Balenas Avenue. The applicants said the change would restore a walk-in closet shown on original 1990 plans, replace leaky French doors with matching Marvin doors and move a window to regain a view of Mount Baldy.

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