About shrinking a buffer that may or may not be applicable, but two weeks ago planning thought it was applicable then, and its kind of bizarre that they now do not think it is applicable. There is language in the code. Page 25 that literally says these controls shall also apply within one quarter mile. Somebody intended that when it was written. With that, why dont we hear from mr. Van helton. Think you chair peskin, members of the committee and supervisor brown. This is the original presentation plus some additional slides. Lets focus about what were talking about. Perfect. Just to recap, although i think you are really set the table great in terms of the buffer issues we are talking about. The goal here is to increase opportunities for retail, restaurants, nightlife witnesses and limited commercial uses. Ncone cluster districts, limited commercial districts. The same of wringing clarity and helping to simplify these buffers is an alignment with the Planning Department report a decade
You know the ordinance does allow the addition of dormers. The idea was these are existing nonconforming buildings they cannot be increased in terms of their Square Footage or footprint. Being able to add a pitched roof and then the Planning Commission wanted a sentence in there about calculation of height using section 2 six zero. I believe peskin, hopefully that is one you will keep in your amendment. The idea behind a pitched roof, if you have a very small living space you can do things that you can put up into that attic space. The hot water heater, those sorts of things. That would allow you to take more advantage of what is going to be in a lot of cases that will be limited Square Footage. Pitched roofs also last longer. Flat roofs tend to leak. A pitched roof will last longer and its a sounder construction. It was also with the idea of lets make the buildings that we are building in this city last longer and be a little bit more resilient over time. At this point im okay with it