Residents in Point Loma are protesting a new condo building that’s under construction in the Roseville neighborhood because they believe it violates the 30-foot rule for property height. A community meeting about the building is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 27 at UPSES Hall, 2818 Avenida De Portugal.
Emerson Street Duplexes, currently under construction at the corner of Emerson and Evergreen streets, calls for two, three-story duplexes with garages beneath a total of four dwelling units.
Zoning on the property allows up to 19 dwelling units on a single, or consolidated lot, noted Mark Krencik, an architect and board member on the Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB).
Krencik said a building permit was issued by the city for the Point Loma project on March 21.
Not everyone, neighbors or community planners alike, are entirely happy with the project – or how it’s being processed through the city’s development pipeline.
“We live directly across the street from this project on 1360 Evergreen St. and cannot believe what they are building there,” said neighbor Italo J. Cileu, a fourth-generation Point Loman who’s family has owned their property for more than 60 years.
Claiming the development resembles a “four-story building,” Cileu asked, “How did they ever get permits to build such a project? Is there no law to control the height limit?”
Proposition D, a citizen initiative approved by more than 60 percent of voters in 1972, restricts the height of all buildings west of I-5 to 30 feet.