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Planning Commission sends 628 Burlingame back to action, urges lower ceilings and design changes
Summary
Burlingame Planning Commission directed architects to lower proposed plate heights, pull one side setback in and enlarge the porch before returning the application for formal approval; commissioners also asked that garage cladding be wrapped in stone and that overall exterior details better match the block.
Burlingame’s Planning Commission on Jan. 27 returned a proposed addition and attached accessory dwelling unit at 628 Burlingame to a future action hearing, directing the applicant to reduce interior plate heights and refine exterior design details.
The study-session item featured a staff report that said the applicant proposes partial demolition, a widened garage and a rear addition with a new second story and ADU. The project’s total proposed floor area is 2,699 square feet (the 2,700-square-foot maximum under the applicable floor-area ratio). Staff noted requests for special permits: a 10-foot first-floor plate height for a rear great room, an 8-foot-6-inch second-floor plate height in part of the second story, variances for side…
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