Excerpts from
Community Meeting #2
Town of Atherton
November 13, 2023
2 BUILDING BLOCKS
Building Blocks
1,000 square feet each
3 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.18/0.075 (upper)
Height: 34 feet
Coverage: –
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 92 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 11%
4 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 92 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 11%
5 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 92 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.36
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 27%
DORMER STANDARDS (R-1A)
6 7
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.18/0.075 (upper)
Height: 34 feet
Coverage: –
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 72 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 12%
8 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 72 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 12%
9 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 72 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.36
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 26%
10 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.18/0.075 (upper)
Height: 34 feet
Coverage: –
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 11%
11 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 11%
12 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.36
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 33%
13 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.18/0.075 (upper)
Height: 34 feet
Coverage: –
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 11%
14 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.3
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 11%
15 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
Front: 60 feet
Rear: 60 feet
Side: 50 feet
FAR: 0.36
Height: 30 feet
Coverage: 32%
Studies on Privacy Standards
Town of Atherton
November 27, 2023
17 STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
▪ Extend fence/wall height
▪ Landscape screening
▪ Upper-floor windowsill height
▪ Greater side or rear setbacks
18 STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
Raise Maximum Wall Height to 10 feet 19
STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
20 STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
Mandatory Landscape Buffer
21 48-inch Windowsill Height
STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
36-inch (standard) Windowsill Height
22 STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
Raise Windowsill Height
23 STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT PRIVACY
Mandatory Step-Back Above Second Story (36-inch sill height)