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Neighbors urge protection of long‑standing basketball hoop and trees as Burlingame commission critiques Newhall design
Summary
At a study session on 728 Newhall Road, neighbors asked the commission to recognize a prescriptive easement or grant a limited easement to preserve an in‑ground basketball hoop and fence line; the commission directed the applicant to return with design revisions on massing, glazing and eave/buildability concerns.
At its July 14 study session the Burlingame Planning Commission heard a contested neighborhood dispute tied to a design-review proposal for a new two-story home at 728 Newhall Road and provided detailed design direction to the applicant.
Neighbors, led by Jen Hogeween, told the commission a professional in-ground basketball hoop and concrete base have been at the edge of the property for more than eight years and urged the commission to preserve the hoop or record a limited easement. "We ask that the commission recognize our rights for this prescriptive easement doctrine," Hogeween said, describing long‑standing, uninterrupted…
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