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Design Review Board approves 1520 La Vista with conditions; staff notes tree removals and mitigation
Summary
Staff recommended approval for 1520 La Vista Terrace, a two‑story modern home; board approved the design with conditions requiring an updated arborist plan, material/junction details, limited lighting and enhanced landscape screening to reduce visibility from neighbors below.
The board approved the third lot in the La Vista Terrace trio, 1520 La Vista Terrace, subject to staff conditions and additional board items to reduce visual impacts. Staff reported 11 protected coast live oaks on the parcel and said three trees (IDs noted in the staff report) are proposed for removal with required mitigation and a city‑approved tree‑protection plan.
Case planner Showik Premian summarized site constraints (lot size ~12,133 sq ft; average slope ~46.4%) and recommended three conditions: revise the window schedule to indicate appropriate frame types, provide material junction details and comply with the city's arborist and departmental comments prior to plan check. Architect Alan Maliki emphasized the split‑garage and bridge approach used to minimize exposed retaining walls and explained landscaping and planter strategies to soften massing.
Board members asked the applicant to break up large, blank garage walls through material changes or an applied architectural treatment and to ensure exterior lighting is shielded and limited to entry points. The board approved 1520 with a roll call vote and required plan‑check confirmation of arborist protections, drainage details and the revised color/lighting treatments.
