>> i'm going to vote against the motion it's two at all it's out of character with the neighborhood. >> there's a motion to take dr and approve the modifications approved by staff on that (calling names) so move forward commissioners that passes 4 to 1. commissioners that places you on your final agendized marathon hearing. oh, excuse me. we're two zealous to move so the minority didn't get to move his action so we'll call up united states

ordinance and 81. we'll grant the hearing noting the planning commissions conditions and good night >> now we'll move ton to the final item 15 at 2445 through 2549 larkin street. >> good evening members of the commission. planning department staff. you have before you a request if a building permit to raise the building by 6 foot 2 inches. insert a new 3 car garage and expand the penthouse level and replace the dk there is

no change in the overall rear decks. although the building is being raised by 6 foot 2 inches due to the ceiling heights the variance is so. we have 188 for capitalization were granted by administrator on february 27, 2012. the dr requesters proposal facts the light and air to this property. his penthouse light well has four windows within a stair and bathroom. it doesn't match the adjoining

light well. the lack of matching light wells was overlooked you but the department accepts this modification. the dr folks are concerned about the post panels and roof access. the planning department is remedying that the planning department match the dr south light well, to adjust to 5 feet >> thank you. dr requester. >> good evening president fong

and commissioners. this is my wife. i live at 2154 larkin street. i'd like to say thank you for your consideration of this discretionary review and i appreciate the help of the planning department. my wife and i have been renter and we moved into our home. the proposed project has us concerned that the increased height will adversely effect the light which is the primary reason we purified the home. we have vivid our life savings

and the thought of living in this for the next 40 years saddened us. the areas that would be implicated are the window in the stairwell and the windows in the master bedroom and i'll briefly touch on one area. this is the interior view of the stair to and from our master bedroom that window is the only nature light to the stairwell. we suggest adding a light well, in agreement with the planning departments recommendation all other light wells are being matched according by the project sponsor. although we gained a broader

aspect we begin to question the impact and recognize it's no, not the jurisdiction of the planning department. we're trying to come to an agreement. both parties have spent a lot of time on this. the builder understands this and we have no prior experience with the planning department or other folks involved. we've been open and cooperative and we've had 350 face to face discussions. this process has taken a toil on us and more comes to light to see this is an exceptional and

extraordinary circumstances. we've noticed a lot of strangers coming and going to our neighbor's house. they've been renting out their top floors. this has been going on since 2011. those are being rent by 5 days increments for 1 thousand there's a day. as your aware short-term ridges or rentals maybe prohibited without a conditional use permit. given the profit in residential neighborhoods is introducing the zoning designation and infringe

on the square parking and they impact the residential community. i love our neighborhood and i serve on the neighborhood board. it smells this exposes us to unnecessary risk by transient and shouldn't be loud. in summary i'm respectfully asking you to a discretionary review with a few things in mind the nature impact to the light we receive and the issues brought up to the gentleman and the use of the neighbors homes for improper preferences >> thank you.

oh, is this a 3 minute part >> i'm about to ask if there's speakers in favor of the drs proposal. >> good evening. several months ago i was asked to look at the documents for the remodel for 2425. the proposal presented we're going to identify any project adjusts. we look at the guidelines with regards to the light well, it's an understandable revision and you're relating the modifications that in my experienced in san francisco

typically smaller lots are for smaller projects and the oppose for larger ones. this structure can lead to over building the site. we came to the following conclusions first, the impact on the clients light well. and second the impact on the other light wells individually may have seemed small but taken as a whole it has a substantial impact on the quality of light and air. there's some things to be discussed and items that are incorporated into the addendum process and including the roof hatches that will have an

impact. in summary this is a large project for the lot and my clients expenses are mounting everyday for the drywall cracking. it's unfortunate that the sponsor is expanding his property that mitigation couldn't be arrested to. we request that you match the light we will to not allowing any additional construction that may further impact my client and my clients risk is limited to the damage of foundation. i want to close by looking at the building session that the building spokesperson has provided.

note although this project can impact walls on my clients residence we're only asking inform the light well, to be matched. it's not a big task. thank you. now calling the project sponsor >> good evening president fong and commissioners. my parents john and emily and myself own 2445. my wife and i reside there with our two children and my parents are on larkin street and other

families stay close by who is our good friends. over the course of the last two years we've he crafted a project that the neighborhood is comfort with and also the planning department. we've come up with planning designs that incorporated concessions there were presented to us by the building department and so on. started working diligently with the planning department to achieve a project that was sponsored by the planning department we were unable to satisfy your neighbors. as you are aware we submit the

information the planning department overlooked the light well, and kate will attest to you pointed out this was a light well. and in the light of understanding kate and the planning department changed their recommendations for us to match the standard procedure that was on july 2nd. and what we agreed to generally, the light well, some preserve the light and air in our dense environment and in this constant there's a circumstance that doesn't apply to other prospers. the 2001 renovation project as you can see the light well, doesn't run the entire length of

the building. the recommendation to match this light well removed our right to builds in the neighborhood. we have the rights shifted you thought the process is it's been the preservation of property. we've made many concessions pie concern is having to match the light well, our view will be directly into the neighbors master bedroom. this is a quick sketch you can see where the light window will be and that's the outline of the neighbors building. it's also interesting to me this

light well has become such an issue we've agreed to all the demands except for one. however, i was very sure with our structural engineer we designed to out to the neighbors last week and i haven't heard from them. i redesigned the floors several times and lower the levels that further lowered the need of t thees vacation line. so they said we've come to an agreement we've spent a lot of money. and we're willing to pay for the shoring but found it a little

bit of unnerving. but in the hopes to make them feel comfortable we offered to put him on the wrap up policy and taking care of of any litigation financial and we went ahead with our engineer team to restructure the design. and once again the light well, was never their issue it was privacy andes vacation and they brought up the light well during the operation of our previous meeting that was never an issue >> thank you. calling speakers in support of the project sponsor > >>. are there any speakers 90 in

support of the project sponsor >> i'm the mom. i mean this is my husband. we have 6 kids and my son married a gal from usa trail so when we travel my son will rent the place out. i want to see my children but they also come to visit a lot so we're happy to have a place in san francisco for them to stay. i have nothing else to say, john you want to speak? >> okay. thank you.

are there any other speakers in support of the project sponsor. requester you have a two minute rebuttal >> thank you. regarding the one point that latin-american was never a concern of ourselves you'll see a memo in our packet that states the concern and it states that the project sponsor said he'll get back to the architect about the changes. he was not willing to change his design unless required to because he, he simply ignored us. we focused to come to terms on others issues since this was

ignored >> can i add. >> one minute. i want to point out a couple of of the photographs in our packet. my client purchased unique home. a lot of the enclosure about mitigated so as opposed to fighting this whole project. and to address the project sponsors comments about the light with window not put a window there against the back wall. thank you. >> okay project sponsor you have a two minute rebuttal. >> so i'd like to make a couple of follow-up points.

as you can tell by the sun study there's very little impact upon the property throughout the course of the year. you know, we're looking at march 21st there you're seeing a little bit of impact but importing and exporting nothing in the building and here in june something minimal. and it's the worse time of the year the sun is low we did that study and regarding working with the folks i met - tried to meet with them twice before i submitted this project in august. both times when i knocked on the door and spoke with the gentleman he was too busy

>> i said i'd like to get our comments first, we set back the roof-deck for privacy purposes in all honesty, i tried to work with raul but it was also foundation and privacy. and that's pretty much it. i wish he'd express f that from the get go but it's hard when i try to meet with someone and they can't find the time and making me wait and wait 1 hundred and 32 days to the planning part. thank you >> the public hearing is closed and opening up to commissioner

comments. >> well, i think i have to pretty much go with what staff recommended although it's not be been discovered it's only good to match the height and dakota take the dr and approve it with the dr to provide a matching light wall. >> second. >> open that motion commissioners to take the dr and take the modification proposed by staff so move forward commissioners that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you under a public comment i

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