HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-05-05 Chuck Larson Testimony From: Chuck Larson
To: LPCtestimonv
Subject: BOAZ LLC PL-SMA-2025-000072
Date: Monday, May 5,2025 7:28:47 PM
Attachments: Boaz 5-15-25.docx
Please add my comments to the record.
Thanks
Chuck Larson
Cabinet Design and Sales
Hayward Lumber San Luis Obispo Design Center
805-459-4554
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Haywardlumber.com
May 2, 2025
Leeward Planning Commission
RE: BOAZ LLC (PC-SMA-2025-000072)
Dear Commissioners.
As an owner in the adjacent Kona Isle, I am in favor of this development as an improvement
to the current situation, but do believe the development could be improved in several ways:
I do not believe there is adequate parking for a 34 unit 2 and 3 bedroom
development. We are all single bedroom units at Kona isle and we have problems
with parking. If it is true that your development guidelines only require one parking
spot per even this number of bedrooms (71) then there is a problem with your
guidelines. I urge you to require more parking spaces for this number of rooms.
I do not believe you need to require beach access since there is one just down the
street 60-70 yards to the south. Perhaps by reducing this requirement, it will free up
space for more parking.
I would like your Fire Department to consider if there would be an advantage to fire
suppression if the fire lane for this development was on the south side rather than
the north side. There is a block wall on the north side which keeps the fire lane
confined. If the fire lane were on the Kona Isle side adjacent our fire lane, there
might be more room for firefighters to maneuver saving lives and property.
I do not believe our owners can really evaluate the impact of a structure this height.
Please require that"story poles" be erected to allow neighbors to understand the
impact of the height.
Please require a survey of the south side early in the process so that Kona Isle can
plan to mitigate any impact the true property line might have on the use of our
property.
Consider opening the south side of the parking structure to reduce the impact of the
stark wall on Kona Isle. More and larger openings, even with grate or Ornamental
Iron for security would greatly reduce the closed in feeling created by the parking
structure.
I would like the development to go forward but would hope these conditions can be met to
improve the impact on their neighbors. I am on a committee created by Kona Isle to
participate in communicating about this project.
Please feel free to reach out to me and the rest of the committee. We wish to be good
neighbors and facilitate a project for the good of the neighborhood and the developers
which I chose to believe are not mutually exclusive.
Sincerely,
Chuck Larson
805-459-4554
clarson@haywardlumber.com