Summary
A family wants to build a two-story house on a steep vacant hillside lot, requiring removal of 20 trees and a new driveway off Reliez Valley Road. Across-the-street neighbors raised privacy, runoff, and truck-safety worries; the commission approved Phase 1 while asking for more driveway analysis in Phase 2.
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Last discussed Aug 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
No city cost; the driveway, retaining walls, and drainage improvements will be funded privately.
The Butzbach family gains a home on a long-vacant legal lot, and the north parcel gets permanent parking and formalized easements.
Neighbors at lower elevations say they'll lose tree screening and privacy, face runoff onto an already maxed-out drainage ditch, and risk truck backups on a dangerous road curve.
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