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Design panel presses La Ronda townhome applicant to add roofline variation, unit identity
Summary
Design reviewers urged the La Ronda townhome applicant to break up massing, vary rooflines and reinforce individual unit entries after staff described a 31-unit proposal at 111 Miranda. Commissioners also discussed the height allowances tied to lot consolidation and state density-bonus incentives and advised the applicant on options to request concessions.
Design reviewers on March 25 examined conceptual plans for the La Ronda townhome project at a placeholder address of 111 Miranda and focused their feedback on architectural massing, roofline variation and landscaping.
Steve Stapakis, the applicant, described a revised site layout that responds to earlier pre-application feedback: he said the proposal moved buildings to create a 38-foot turnaround, shifted the driveway to avoid a 5-foot sewer easement, and proposed 27 units plus four accessory dwelling units for a total of 31 units under the city's lot-consolidation program and state density-bonus law.
Commission guidance emphasized the city’s design policies. One…
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