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In the Council Chambers of the City of San Rafael, <Date>
Regular Meeting
San Rafael Design Review Board Minutes
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CALL TO ORDER
Present: Jeff Kent
Stewart Summers
Don Blayney, Alternate
Samina Saude
Sarah Rege
Larry Paul
Absent: None
Also Present: None
STAFF COMMUNICATION
BOARD COMMUNICATION
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Minutes 11/19/19
Jeff Kent moved and Don Blayney, Alternate seconded to approve Motion to approve Minutes as
presented. The vote is as follows:
AYES: Jeff Kent, Stewart Summers, Don Blayney, Alternate, Samina Saude
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: Sarah Rege
ABSENT: Larry Paul
OLD BUSINESS
2. 248 Laurel Place – Environmental and Design Review Permit and Variance to demolish an
existing one-car garage, stone retaining wall and entry gate located along the front
property line, and replace it with a three car-garage, retaining wall and entry gate; APN:
011-173-34; Single Family Residential (R5) Zoning District; Laura Ackley and Sander
Temme, Owner/Applicants; Lincoln-San Rafael Hill Neighborhood. Project Planner: Caron
Parker
Staff Report
Jeff Kent moved and Don Blayney, Alternate seconded to approve Motion to approve project as
presented with the following consensus recommendations:
Mitigate the potential tripping hazard created by the landing at the base of the staircase by installing
plantings consistent with approved plant palette in front of west staircase column; and
The new retaining wall and columns shall be faced with bluestone, either reused from the existing or new.
AYES: Jeff Kent, Stewart Summers, Don Blayney, Alternate, Samina Saude, Sarah Rege
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Larry Paul
NEW BUSINESS
3. 104 Shaver St. – Request for a Use Permit, an Environmental and Design Review Permit
and a Variance to allow the construction of a new, 7-unit, multifamily residential apartment
building with associated site improvements (drainage and landscaping) on a 6,264 sq. ft.
site. The proposed Variance would reduce the front (Shaver St.) setback, from 20’ to 15’,
and the interior side setback, from 5’ to zero. The project also requests a Parking
Modification to reduce the required on-site parking, from 8 parking spaces to 7 parking
spaces. The project further requests 2 concessions, under the State Density Bonus law, to
increase the maximum allowable lot coverage, from 60% to 65%, and to decrease the
required street side setback, from 10’ to 8’; APN: 011-245-40; Multifamily Residential (HR1)
District Zone; Mike Larkin for Larkin Architecture, Applicant; Stevan Fontana for Vantana
LLC, Owner; Downtown Neighborhood. Project Planner: Steve Stafford
Staff Report
Jeff Kent moved and Don Blayney, Alternate seconded to continue Motion to continue the item to a date
uncertain with the following consensus recommendations:
Contemporary design of project is appropriate for the challenging transitional site;
Eliminate the inconsistencies between the drawings within the plan set, particularly the elevation
renderings to the floor plans for the upper staircase located at the corner of Shaver and Third Streets;
Provide details showing the ground-floor stucco and upper wood siding;
Eliminate the ground-floor cantilever design on the east elevation;
The project shall provide compliant required on-site parking;
Garages parking shall be reconfigured to eliminate the potential for parking spaces #5-7 to backout
directly onto Shaver St;
All bicycle parking shall be secured;
Widen the third-story corridor;
Landscape plan shall clearly identify all bioswales, confirm adequacy of plant species in bioswales,
reduce vine species to one, provide additional details on “biofiltration sod”, and eliminate “drainage swale
hydroseed” detail.
ADJOURNMENT
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ANNE DERRICK, Administrative Assistant III
APPROVED THIS _____DAY OF_______, 2019
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Stewart Summers, Chair