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Commission approves driveway and retaining‑wall work at 152 Fremont after fire‑recovery questions
Summary
The commission approved an enlarged driveway and four on‑site parking spaces with a natural‑stone retaining wall and curb stops for 152 Fremont Street, a three‑family building recovering from a fire; commissioners requested property‑maintenance occupancy calculations to ensure the building cannot be overloaded again.
The Planning Commission granted final site‑plan approval for an enlarged driveway and four parking spaces at 152 Fremont Street, where a Victorian three‑family house was damaged by fire earlier in the year. The applicant said the work responds to building‑department requirements to provide six spaces for a three‑family arrangement; the plan also includes a new stone retaining wall and Coltec drainage.
Commissioners and residents raised safety and occupancy concerns tied to the structure’s prior over‑occupation before the fire. A commissioner recorded on the public record that up to 32 occupants had been living in the building prior to the fire and asked the applicant to provide property‑maintenance code calculations — the legal maximum occupancy by room sizes and bedrooms — as part of the record. The board required natural‑stone facing for the retaining wall and curb stops to protect the Coltec and granted the site plan with those conditions; a follow‑up to confirm occupancy calculations was requested.
