COA 26-11 carriage house reconstruction

An applicant described how three contractors declined to even bid on restoring the carriage house, saying lifting the building, a new foundation, and steel reinforcement were needed to meet code — so rebuilding to the original dimensions was their fallback.

A next-door neighbor who works from home objected that months of demolition noise would wreck her livelihood, argued the garage is still repairable, and criticized the short notice — then walked out of the meeting.

A retired-attorney neighbor objected that the drawings ignored the shared driveway easement and the 24-inch gap between garages, demanded photos be admitted as evidence, and said the pair was leaving the meeting because their input was being ignored.