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Burlingame planning commissioners continue 1385 Hillside Circle subdivision after neighbors raise safety, drainage and tree-loss concerns
Summary
The City of Burlingame Planning Commission continued review of a proposed three‑lot subdivision and three single‑family homes at 1385 Hillside Circle after residents voiced concerns about traffic near Hoover School, drainage, and removal of mature trees. Commissioners asked the developer to return with a stronger landscape plan, east‑side renderings and design changes to reduce visual massing.
The Burlingame Planning Commission on Sept. 22 continued review of a proposal to demolish an existing mansion and subdivide the parcel at 1385 Hillside Circle into three lots for new single‑family homes, instructing the developer to return with a set of design and landscape revisions.
Neighbors and the project team spent the bulk of the meeting debating traffic safety, stormwater runoff and visual impacts from the steeply sloped site. Multiple speakers said the existing house is blighted and should be replaced, but asked the developer to change the subdivision plan so that one of the new houses fronts Easton Drive rather than all three fronting Hillside Circle. "This plan calls for one too many houses fronting Hillside Circle," resident Nancy Lockach said, citing narrow sightlines and heavy pedestrian traffic at Hoover School. Several neighbors also said mature trees were removed from the site without permission and urged larger, faster‑growing specimens in the replacement landscape plan.
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