REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action of an Architectural Review (PLN25-00295) for a 621 Square Foot First Floor Addition and a 397 Square Foot Second Floor Addition to an Existing Two-Story 2,081 Square Foot Single-Family Residence with a 500 Square Foot Attached Garage on a 7,351 Square Foot Lot at 2892 Mesquite Drive. CEQA Status: Exempt from CEQA per Section 15332. Continued from the November 19, 2025, Development Review Hearing.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00295
Location: 2892 Mesquite Drive
Applicant: Fiona Wang
Owner(s): Ling Zhou
Request: Architectural Review for a 621 square foot first floor addition and a 397 square foot second floor addition to an existing two-story 2,081 square foot single-family residence with a 500 square foot attached garage on a 7,351 square foot lot.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 3.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* This item was heard at the November 19, 2025, Development Review Hearing (DRH) but due to technical difficulties with Zoom it was continued to allow for community feedback to be received.
* The November 19, 2025 DRH staff report is available as Attachment 2.
* Based on community feedback submitted prior to the November 19, 2025 DRH, the front first story addition breaks the prevailing development pattern of the subdivision and creates shadow and view impacts to the neighboring properties.
* Based on this feedback, the applicant is open to adding privacy screening to their kitchen window, hedges to the front and side yard, and a code compliant front fence.
* The changes mentioned above will help refine the proposal and get the project closer to being consistent with the City's Single-Family & Duplex Residential Design Guidelines. Staff offers the following comments and recommendations to further enhance the project design to meet the required Architectural Review findings:
o The proposed design should minimize, to the extent possible, s...
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