a live 114aat 114 belgrave ave, and i hope you support our appeal. upoi believe we could impress un you how you meet this area is. i would like to show you some pictures. you can see how very necessary is -- how varied this area is. this is not an ordinary street. this is a picture of the two proposed project. the project sponsor put these up for us, and we appreciate it. it shows the massing that will ocurcur and how a significant amount of green space will be taken away. here is another picture showing the frontage of the building. it does not show the reader elevation, -- rear elevation, but it does indicate how much will be lost forever. i would like to talk about how belgrave has been unusual. in many ways it has been frozen in time. because of the unique cacography, it has retained its green, specious mcharacter. the event today was the first time in 90 years of the developer has bought to build on the street in a manner of the fine of -- the finance -- defiant of zoning laws. although there was not an identical situation to what we are facing

richard -- is 2009 for belgrave ave. it currently contains a single family house on the eastern side of the lot. the proposal includes splitting a lot into two lots of the east side. the proposal also includes demolishing a nine-foot section of the west side of the existing house and constructing a vertical and horizontal addition. it includes instructing -- constructing a new house. lots are required to have 4000 square feet of area of. the new lot to the west will contain 3300 square feet, 700 square feet less than required by the planning commode. therefore, a variance is required. >> we will give each member of the public three minutes to speak, followed by a three- minute rebuttal by the project sponsor. i would like to inform the members of the public, thank you for your patience, but i was present for the hearing on environmental reviews, so i have heard the testimony given. i want to make you aware that i did fully pay attention to the testimony that has already been given, so please consider that when making ear

you are now on item number 2009 .156e/ >> this is a proposed development at 89 belgrave ave. this would propose the addition of 8 at two car garage, a four- bedroom single-family residence constructed in 1952 resulting in a 4200 square foot, 37 foot high building, with three residential levels with a new fourth floor. the existing project site would be subdivided and on a newly created parcel and a new four- bedroom single-family residence which would be constructed. the project is located near the intersection of belgrave and s hrader. on august 17th, the plan department issued a preliminary mitigated declaration for the project which found that it would have no significant in environmental impact that cannot be mitigated to a less than significant level. the declaration was appealed on september 14th, 2011. the appeal raised issues related to aesthetics, density, zoning compatibility, and neighborhood character. you should have before you get back to which includes the response of the concerns raised in the appeal letter, the letter itself, a copy of the negative declaratio