i am the southwest team leader filling in for david winslow, representing the department. the item before you is a public initiated discretionary review for building permit 216120545 to construct a third story vertical and horizontal rear addition to an existing 2600 square-foot square foot two story single-family residence. this lack of -- it was a stucco clad single-family house set back from the street with side setbacks. there is an extremely consistent alignment of buildings at the rear yard that creates a midblock open space. the proposed three-story edition extends from 10 feet with the adjacent neighbors to the south. the vertical addition is set back 18 feet from the front and 6 feet from the rear, 3 feet from the north side property line. the reasons for the discretionary review was the neighbor to the south had concerns on impacts to sunlight, the vertical addition was blocked would block sunlight to their roof, preventing full use of future plans. it impacted the privacy with the location of decks and windows for the proposed project and it would allow direct v

david winslow, staff architect. i'm here to amend the planning code to reference the polk pacific special area design guidelines and to adapt the guidelines. you may remember this effort came about as a result of public requests for guidelines that focused on the specific features and unique characteristics in their neighborhood commercial districts that may not have been captured in the urban design guidelines. sorry. technical difficulties. oh, come on. sorry. so, we started this process of creating the special area design guidelines by listening to and walking with community members who wanted more localized guidelines. that addressed specific qualities and values of the polk and pacific neighborhood commercial districts. a process that allowed us to see, reflect and document some of the unique neighborhood characteristics to be maintained and enhanced. staff worked closely with several community organizations including members of the middle polk neighborhood association. the lower polk neighbors, pacific neighbo

. >> david winslow, staff architect. the item before you is a public initiated request for a review of the application 2018.11 --.01112, to construct a two-story addition that extends to the rear of a three-story family dwelling and maintains the existing side and setbacks and roof form of the existing building. this building is a historic resource category c. and the d.r. request is julie kelnar of 142 peralta, is concerned with three issues. the first is that the scale of the mid-block open space is not compatible with the surrounding properties. and number two, that the building is not articulated to minimize the impacts to light and air to the adjacent properties. and, third, that the privacy to the proposed side windows of the addition. and the d.r. requester had proposed changes that includes providing a 12-foot upper floor setback and reducing the overall length of the addition by five feet. and public comment to date, the department has received a letter from the review board in support of the d.r. request. and t