Residents of the Samarkand area are expected to pack Santa Barbara City Hall at 6 p.m. today to debate whether a young couple should be allowed to expand their 1930s home.
Kris and Samantha Zacharias want to add 370 square feet to their one-story house in the 400 block of Stanley Drive.
The Zachariases are expecting their first child in January and wanted another room so that Mrs. Zacharias' mother could move into the house and provide child care for the newborn.
"We're not building a mansion," said Mr. Zacharias, 32. "We're not trying to build a larger home to sell it. We're just trying to make our house more livable."
Neighbors have appealed the city's approval of the addition because it stretches partially into the required 20-foot setback.
They contend that all the homes on the block comply with the setback rules and all but two on the entire street do, too.
Posted by gandlwoods at December 7, 2004 08:03 AM