With elevator and the pits in order to preserve the views of the roof top for the neighbor. It was important to retain accessibility to the area and my parents are elderly and one is wheelchair bound and this was a concession in the attempts that we gave concession to the neighbor by removing the top portions of the building and the front of the building. Weve done this our building actually is not as tall as the neighbors building nor as large. I will simply say that heres a good picture of the top of the hill which our building sits at. This is in the neighbors building and our building here. If you consider that on a horizontal level field the neighbors building is much taller than ours. Its a 4,000 square foot building. We are proposing 75 of that area so its an exempteration exaggeration to say that our building is that large. There is no basis for the appeal of the categorical exemption or delay of our project. We did everything we can to meet the neighbors concerns while meeting
Based on concerns we made significant changes before submitting to the Planning Department. We worked closely with the Planning Department for the design of the house. Its a straightforward project that complies with the zoning code and residential guidelines as you heard from the department. This is not a demolition, not in the nearest sense. It is an alteration and all of the structure issues brought up are typical issues resolved in the department of building inspection through their process. After several reviews the remodel is supported by the Residential Design Team who we worked with closely because this neighbor would not work with us. At the hearing requested by the appellant the Commission Voted unanimously in support of our project and didnt take dr. These offers of mediation were only made after Department Support of the project so i find them very disengenerous and after we made a good faith effort to address all of the concerns by making these concessions we continue to m
With elevator and the pits in order to preserve the views of the roof top for the neighbor. It was important to retain accessibility to the area and my parents are elderly and one is wheelchair bound and this was a concession in the attempts that we gave concession to the neighbor by removing the top portions of the building and the front of the building. Weve done this our building actually is not as tall as the neighbors building nor as large. I will simply say that heres a good picture of the top of the hill which our building sits at. This is in the neighbors building and our building here. If you consider that on a horizontal level field the neighbors building is much taller than ours. Its a 4,000 square foot building. We are proposing 75 of that area so its an exempteration exaggeration to say that our building is that large. There is no basis for the appeal of the categorical exemption or delay of our project. We did everything we can to meet the neighbors concerns while meeting
Theyre concerned about maintaining that view from the roof. Despite of all our concessions they contested any proposal of the same floors and four Story Building or minor impacts of the view from the roof. We met with all of the adjacent neighbors multiple times beginning over a year and a half ago and we are exciting from the overwhelming support from the community including the north Beach Community association and the south graph hill neighborhood association. Based on concerns we made significant changes before submitting to the Planning Department. We worked closely with the Planning Department for the design of the house. Its a straightforward project that complies with the zoning code and residential guidelines as you heard from the department. This is not a demolition, not in the nearest sense. It is an alteration and all of the structure issues brought up are typical issues resolved in the department of building inspection through their process. After several reviews the remod
Was an electic districts and Tall Buildings and newer buildings and it fits into a eclectic mix so i want to encourage you to support the categorical exemption determined by the Planning Department, and not accept this appeal and i will leave the last two minutes unplanned to bruno. Well, i guess theres not much more to say. Arnie has been very good to detail in the report that was given to you our rebuttal very carefully how this project is not a there is any reason to appeal this categorical exemption. All of the materials of the building have been changed over the years. The building has been modified from the 20s and 30s when a bay was added. Wednesday have been replaced and are. Windows are replaced and aluminum. The siding is recent in the last 10, 12 years. We are doing our best to take a building that is extremely distressed and were trying to bring it back to life and usable for our family. This is a lead project. Its sustainable. Were trying to bring a forward looking buildin