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ADR recommends approval for three residential hillside projects, conditions set for pool equipment noise
Summary
The ADR committee recommended council approval for projects at 101 Upper Road, 313 Upper Toyon and 111 Bolinas Avenue, noting the projects were largely resubmittals or modest conversions; members required sound attenuation for pool equipment and minor design clarifications before forwarding recommendations to council.
The Architectural Design Review committee on Friday recommended that the town council receive approvals for three residential projects on or near hillside lots, while imposing conditions aimed at reducing neighbor impacts.
The committee approved a resubmittal for 101 Upper Road, a proposal that largely matches a 2023 approval but replaces a previously intended living roof with a crushed-gravel roof after code changes, and includes a pool, outdoor kitchen and retaining walls over 6 feet. Owner Lexi Verpaev told the committee the project has prior building-permit approvals and that necessary soils and structural reports were previously submitted; ADR members who reviewed the earlier application said the revised plans present no substantive changes and supported forwarding a recommendation to council.
Members next reviewed 313 Upper Toyon, where the applicant proposes relocating an indoor pool to an outdoor location and placing pool equipment beneath a previously approved parking deck. Pool contractor Bob Dwyer said the outdoor pool will sit on piers and is designed not to leak, and the owner confirmed construction will include screening that groups the pool equipment with the property’s AC and generator units. Several committee members asked that the equipment be enclosed or screened to limit both sight lines and noise. “There are all sorts of pool equipment enclosures that meet decibel requirements,” one member said, urging the applicant to provide sound mitigation on three sides so noise would not project down the canyon toward neighbors. The committee approved the recommendation with a condition requiring sound attenuation on three sides of the equipment.
The panel also recommended approval for 111 Bolinas Avenue, a request to convert a small cottage into a detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and transfer 208 square feet of area to the primary residence. Architect Dave Jochim clarified that the converted cottage is 421 square feet and that the rear deck addition is a modest 5-foot landing; members said the scale and materials fit the street and voted to forward a positive recommendation.
The committee’s approvals were procedural recommendations to the town council; final permits, building planning review and any required engineering or drainage approvals will be completed during the formal permitting process. For the projects that involve pools and retaining walls, ADR members emphasized that applicants will need to supply geotechnical and structural engineering evidence as part of the town’s building-planning review.
