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San Clemente design panel presses architects for landscaping, noise and material fixes on freeway‑facing spec home
Summary
The Design Review Subcommittee reviewed a proposed single‑family spec home on a newly subdivided parcel visible from the freeway, urging more detailed landscaping for a freeway buffer, confirmation of fire‑setback compliance and refinements to materials and massing before the planning commission hearing.
A San Clemente Design Review Subcommittee meeting on March 4 focused on a proposed three‑lot single‑family project (Lot 2, 6,144 square feet) that faces the freeway and will later go to the planning commission for a development permit.
Staff planner (Speaker 4) told the panel the parcel was created through a recent subdivision and therefore requires a development permit and design review under current code; the ADU and junior ADU shown on the plans will not be reviewed at this meeting. "There is an added condition of approval in the resolution ... for landscaping and trees in the back part where it's visible from the freeway," staff said, recommending a planting buffer to help the transition in mass and scale.
The applicant's architect, Christine Sprague (Speaker 7), walked the committee through topography and design…
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