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Belvedere planning commission approves design review for 104 Golden Gate Avenue with conditions on trees, lighting and ceilings
Summary
The Belvedere Planning Commission approved design review and related permits for a 4,845 sq ft residence at 104 Golden Gate Avenue, placing conditions to retain a southeast redwood, reduce exterior lighting, show mechanical space on plans and limit interior ceiling heights below 15 feet.
The Belvedere Planning Commission voted to grant design review for a new 4,845‑square‑foot single‑family residence at 104 Golden Gate Avenue, adopting conditions intended to address neighbor concerns about trees, lighting and the house’s bulk.
At a motion by a commissioner, the panel approved the project with requirements that the plans show mechanical space for review by the building department, that interior heights not exceed 14 feet 11 inches so upper gable spaces do not trigger the "double counting" of floor area, that exterior lighting be reduced by 25 percent, that two additional trees be added to the landscape plan for carbon sequestration, and that redwood tree number 10 at the southeast corner be retained. The commission also adopted a demolition permit for the existing house and recommended city council approval of a revocable license for improvements in the public right‑of‑way.
Commissioners framed the conditions as compromise measures. One commissioner moved the measure, describing it as a way to “adopt the resolution granting design review to construct a new 4,845 square foot single family residence and attached garage at 104 Golden Gate Avenue, with the following conditions” and then listed the conditions for screening, height limits, lighting reduction and tree retention. (Motion: SEG 2334–2349.)
Planning staff had recommended approval of design review and demolition as part of its findings; staff emphasized the project's compliance with many design review findings while noting public concerns about tree removals and views. The chair closed public comment and the commission completed deliberations before voting to approve the resolutions. (Close of public comment: SEG 1780–1781; motion and vote: SEG 2334–2386.)
