d.r. requestor appealed the building permit. board voted to deny the hearing request. the board heard an appeal of the building permit for 100 gate street, which proposed a third-story addition to a single-family home. a discretionary review hearing was held. the commission found no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances and voted 4-0 to not take d.r. and approve as opposed. d.r. requestor made the same arguments to board of appeals, which were directly related to the potential impacts to his adjacent home. the board found that the residential design guidelines do not provide access to light and voted unanimously to deny the appeal. i'm available for any questions you may have. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. >> clerk: seeing none, we can move on to general public comment. at this time, members of the public can address items except for agenda items. with respect to agenda items it, comment will be afforded when it is heard. up to 3 minutes. >> president hillis: we have two, rose hillson, but others are welcome to speak. rose? >> good afternoon, commissi