Suburban Park, Lorelei Manor and the Flood Triangle, Menlo Park Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide

Bay Road is the spine. The City's 2022 neighborhood profile notes that US 101 closes off the north side of Suburban Park, so its traffic leaves by Bay Road. Lorelei Manor runs along Lorelei Lane with Callie Lane, Harmon Drive and Christopher Way; Peggy Lane, Timothy Lane and Theresa Court sit in the middle; Suburban Park centers on Hedge Road with Oakhurst Place, Dunsmuir Way, Greenwood Drive and Sheridan Drive; and the Flood Triangle streets are Del Norte, Sonoma, Tehama and Oakland avenues, Oakwood Place, Iris Lane and Ringwood Avenue, continuing southeast to Almanor, Berkeley, Henderson, Windermere, Hollyburne and Sevier avenues and Menlo Oaks Drive.

Ranch-style homes are the norm, as the Almanac put it in 2017, and the parcel records agree: 726 one-story parcels against 60 two-story, with about 38 houses built since 2000. Lots are compact for Menlo Park, with a median of about 5,900 square feet: about 5,000 to 5,300 in Lorelei Manor, 5,500 to 6,300 in Suburban Park and 5,750 to 6,450 in the Flood Triangle blocks. Water comes from California Water Service in Suburban Park, Lorelei Manor and the middle streets and from Menlo Park Municipal Water in the Flood Triangle blocks; West Bay Sanitary District handles sewer throughout.

Zoning is R-1-U (single-family urban) except in Lorelei Manor, which has its own R-1-U(LM) district adopted in 2006. Its rules allow 4,900-square-foot lots that existed before June 1, 2006, cap floor area at 2,800 square feet on lots of 4,900 to 7,000 square feet, hold a second floor to 40 percent of the maximum floor area (50 percent with approval from all adjoining owners or a use permit), and limit height to 20 feet for one story and 28 feet for two. Elsewhere, many lots are below R-1-U's 7,000-square-foot minimum, which the City says can bring Planning Commission review for new houses or extensive remodels.