d.r. requester is approximately 10 feet above grade. comparable to the height of a fence that could be built with an over-the-counter permit. the second floor extension extends two feet beyond the rear wall, so as to maintain the scale and access to mid block open space. therefore, staff does not see the project disrupting the pattern or scale of the buildings in the rear, or cutting off access and recommends not taking discretionary review and approving. thank you. >> jonas: that concludes staff's presentation. d.r. requester to the chair, you have five minutes and public commenters will receive two minutes. >> i apologize. good afternoon. i'm beth wright. i live at 1605 treat avenue, the property next to 1603 treat. i saw the application for discretionary review. on behalf of myself and other neighbors have filed letters in support of this application. we do not oppose the project in its entirety, we're simply requesting small changes to the building envelope that would not dramatically alter the living space to be added, but would ma

d.r. requester. do not see any extraordinary circumstances surrounding this project and i would support the staff recommendation to not take d.r. and approve the project. if there is a motion in that regard? >> commissioner koppel: so moved. >> second. >> jonas: commissioner ruiz was requesting to speak. >> president tanner: sorry, i don't see your name. >> commissioner ruiz: i was going to do what commissioner koppel did and state that i don't feel this project is out of scale with the neighborhood. very wealthy area and i agree with the public commenter that it's questionable that we as commissioners spend time on neighbor on neighbor. >> thank you, commissioner ruiz. on that motion then, to not take the d.r. project as proposed. >> commissioner ruiz: aye. >> commissioner diamond: aye. >> commissioner fung: aye. >> commissioner imperial: aye. >> commissioner koppel: aye. >> commissioner moore: aye. >> president tanner: aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously. 7-0. will place