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Design Review Board approves pool at 110 Mount Tiburon Road with hedging condition
Summary
The Tiburon Town Design Review Board approved a pool addition at 110 Mount Tiburon Road on July 16, voting 3-0 to adopt a draft resolution that requires shrubbery along the lower terraces to screen a raised deck; Chair Chong and board member Diorcia were absent.
The Tiburon Town Design Review Board on July 16 approved an application to add a swimming pool and stepped decking at 110 Mount Tiburon Road, adopting a draft resolution with conditions that require hedgerow plantings to screen the lower deck.
David Kotzebue, the project architect, told the board the house is under construction under an existing remodeling permit and that the current hearing concerned only the proposed pool. He described a series of stepped decks and patios with glass railings, and said the lower deck sits about 11 feet above natural grade with the top of the guardrail about 14 feet 6 inches above grade. “We have the story poles that went around the perimeter,” Kotzebue said, and described proposed wood-lattice screening under the lower deck composed of 50% spaced vertical boards.
Board members asked for clarification about dimensions, materials and landscaping. Board member Holzer said she had inspected the site from above and did not think the deck read as excessively tall from that vantage point but urged plantings after construction. “I would strongly urge that” they add perimeter landscape, Holzer said. Board member Kim, who moved the resolution, recommended a condition requiring hedges with a minimum mature height of about 6 feet and spacing on center consistent with local standards; Kim and other members discussed typical spacing of 4 to 6 feet and 6- to 10-foot mature spread.
A staff member clarified that landscaping itself does not automatically trigger design review unless an undesirable tree is proposed, and another staff speaker noted that building-code limits address pool equipment noise and that the equipment shown is set back from neighboring structures.
Board member Kim moved to accept the draft resolution with the condition that shrubbery be planted along the bottom perimeter of the patios and the lower terrace, turning the corners and extending approximately 6 feet up from the bottom corners; Holzer seconded. The board adopted the resolution with conditions by a 3-0 vote. Chair Chong and board member Diorcia were absent from the meeting.
The board closed the public hearing and adjourned. Any detailed landscape plan will be submitted and reviewed in the project’s next phase, per the applicant and staff comments.
