have one bedroom that is thought suitable there is no few trees or anything along the side of my house. that would have been a solution. thank you. >> speakers in favor of the project sponsor.

>> i am an elementary school teacher in the richmond district but this is the top unit of the building. currently proposed is a 2- bedroom unit. this is the only unit that we will be able to afford. this would not be a good option for us. we would like to get married and have a family.

>> speakers in favor. >> this is the first time that we have seen the project sponsors daughter. if she needed to raise a family, she could live in one of the other two units. it is not like she has to be on

the top floor. the other thing is that when we're talking about the drawings, had as we were listening to this, this is the same person who is trying this project. thank you.

>> project sponsor, you have two minutes. >> my daughter cannot afford to have her and her fiance living in a three-bedroom, two-floor. this is two bedrooms. this is 75% the size of the others. she is largely funding a large part of the project. she could not afford to occupy one of those other two units.

you cannot see hardly at all the existence of the top floor. this is above the two neighboring properties. and you take it from the floor of the grosz, when you take it from the sidewalk, this is 30 feet. this shows you how the land is depressed. you go down a steep slope into the garage. >> i would like everyone to understand that personal family circumstances are not what this commission is for.

>> this is not as tall as the street that we saw. maybe the project sponsor can tell me. what you're doing is adding the upper floor. this does not look like it is

much above the roof. do you know what that additional amount of height is. the roof virtually covers the new floor according the way that i can read it. i think said everyone seems to be fine. maybe staff has an idea. >> i would say three, maybe four. i see that you did not feel that this would rise the level of taking dr. this looks like this is well done. there are two units that are larger and in the upper floor.

this provides for a key building units and the. >> i have one condition that i would like to introduce and that is on the front elevation by looking in the building, the existing windows are vertical and the proposed windows are horizontal. if we could maintain the vertical windows. >> are you referring to the sliding doors on the right hand side? >> both on the first floor and

the second floor, these are vertical to horizontal. >> i believe that those are sliding doors. >> would you be able to talk about sidewalk encroachment and there is this approval by the zoning administrator. what is our own attitude towards sidewalk encroachment

slashlondon'? >> i did raise the concern when i was reviewing it but this decision was because this is regulated by another city agency this is within their purview. >> we have to stay away where this slides in. >> i understand this is harsh to retrofit buildings but this is not my favorite condition. there's a special commission for one building. you are expected to look at

this. have you discussed this with the architects. is there a way of not doing that? >> we did ask for the setback. when we told them that, we pushed it back down. there was a back and forth but they ultimately decided that they wanted to go forward. >> i have not studied this a great deal but if they would have omitted the work form and the back of a grudge, would that have provided the length.

you have put this in and then the floor. >> the issue is the slope of the street. this is a condition, this happens a lot of people are putting garages into the floor. >> this is the floor of the grosz. >> public works requires a passage on the sidewalk for the public but does this allow some encroachment as long as there is appropriate height railing. >> i am not opposed to the building. i would like to the department

to play close attention. i find this very discomforting. what is the fee structure? how is this being handled? >> if there is a permit fee, they would need to edit get the upper preferments and deeper. fees. -- get the appropriate permits and get the appropriate fees deaf. >> this really extends to all streets. the privatization and the encroachment into the right of way is not something that we should practice very frequently. i would like for any future case to use all possible ways to

resolve that. it is unfair and contradictory. >> for i think that this can be done by providing a fairly flat area where you enter off of the grade and then this would descend into the garage. there should be enough to keep this flat area where you would not want to make a turn, this has to be more local as you approached the house itself.

i think that they can work that out. i would move that we do not take dr and approve the project. >> second. >> there was a sliding door. >> the motion is to not take discretionary review and accept this. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye.

>> the motion passes. >> five minute recess.

>> you are now on item number 20, a and b. these are for 35 lloyd street.