if i'm forced to take it down, if it is left alone and i'm granted a variance and acoa, then nothingappens and all is good. if i'm forced to take it down or move it, so me bad things will happen that i have lost 10 pounds this past year worrying about it. please look at the pros and cons sheet. that concerns the property personally. most worrisome is that if the gable private safety fence is gone or replaced by flimsy lattice, any intruder or invasion crew could climb over, giving that person access to not only the three units on the property but also to the backyard of every house on the black pit -- block. it is the only way in. so the safety concern is the main reason the repairs were made so substantially to look like it is part of the building in keeping with its victorian neighbors. my family, my brother and his wife and my parents brought this -- bought this property in 1985. i moved onto it in 1991 as a tenant. my mom came to live with us with alzheimer's in 2,000. my brother moved back to the property and changed it into two separate units. when my mom passed away 2008, i wa