Planning code section 305. Specifically, there is no hardship or practical difficulty that justifies essentially 100 percent lot coverage or even if you consider the ally the unbuildable portion. Lot, thats 84 percent coverage. No other home in this neighborhood has or has ever proposed the mass and scale of this project such that finding no. 3 could not be met and last we believe the variance should not be approved unless there is a reduction in the main area to accommodate sufficient rear yard Building Space so we do not create a detrimental precedent for the neighborhood. Thank you for your time. Hello, good afternoon, commissioners, thank you for this opportunity. My name is james clamerty, i live at 45 219th street. I am one of 7dr filers who believe the sign of this design is just too large for this location. I will show how the design will be out of scale for the lot, it will cause a walling in effect of lampson lane and it will forever block one of the nicest public views along
Was going to replace what is currently there, it was just unimaginable to me. Im not objecting to the addition of a second unit, i think im all for im not antigrowth, i think development there is reasonable, but the current scope and size of this thing and the footprint is just beyond my imagination and i respectfully request that as proposed this be denied. Thank you. Thank you. Any further speakers . Good evening, commissioners, my name is jued igt lamb, i am speaking for the Eureka Valley Association Planning and land use committee. We have an interest in this project, we are quite concerned about preserving the small scale family nature of the Eureka Valley hill side and this is an example of what is happening kind of piecemeal in Eureka Valley where projects that are out of scale with the neighborhood, with the context, are proposed. And we have managed to get some scale back and we certainly hope you are going to scale this one back as well. I notice this is put before you as an
Support of the project. Greg kleiner, john woodward, Elizabeth Mcdermot and claudia colasso good afternoon, or actually good evening, my name is greg kleiner and i am the neighbor immediately behind the project, i live immediately behind the project, i have been there 21 years, known carolyn for every moment she has lived in her house which she says is 17 years. Carolyn has been very good about keeping us up to date about what the proposed changes are, has been very receptive to making changes proposed by us and other people in terms of the size and scope of this project. It is no different than any of the houses that have been built, in fact its much more tastefully designed than any of the projects that went up, unlike a project that went up next to me which was a spec house, they simply put things in and i had to go in and fight every day at planning to get things removed including illegal windows, illegal doors. This project, shes followed all the guidelines and complied, i believe
That would have a warm feel, we built a modern house and were going to keep it warm and friendly to the neighborhood. Thank you for your time. Times up. Okay, now opening it to Public Comment for speakers in support of the project. Greg kleiner, john woodward, Elizabeth Mcdermot and claudia colasso good afternoon, or actually good evening, my name is greg kleiner and i am the neighbor immediately behind the project, i live immediately behind the project, i have been there 21 years, known carolyn for every moment she has lived in her house which she says is 17 years. Carolyn has been very good about keeping us up to date about what the proposed changes are, has been very receptive to making changes proposed by us and other people in terms of the size and scope of this project. It is no different than any of the houses that have been built, in fact its much more tastefully designed than any of the projects that went up, unlike a project that went up next to me which was a spec house, the
Historic landmark no. 80 on douglas street just onehalf block away. Let me tell you i know this neighborhood. I was born at Childrens Hospital in 52 and i grew up in this house and attended college from this house, so i know this neighborhood. In 77 i moved back with my wife, also a native. My parents moved in, we raised our two kids here, they went to neighborhood Public Schools so i know this neighborhood and i know there have been 6 or 8 recent remodel projects along our block that have helped the neighborhood by upgrading older properties, adding additional living space and modernizing these homes. This has undoubtedly benefited the neighborhood by causing real estate values to appreciate and this is good for everyone, although some of the designs are rather sterile, all of the previous designs were done to mafrp the block scale and character and while sometimes tripling the living area, none of these projects added new floors above existing levels. Dont get me wrong, im not agains