we did meet with dr requesters on may 3 and met with david winslow and josh callahan. we had a very good conversation with them. but at that meeting with david winslow, we spoke about what his concerns were and one was actually that he was asking for a setback at the front of eight feet and described to hu him tht and that would remove one of the bedrooms from the unit. we felt this requested served no purpose, especially since he lives three properties down. secondly, there has been concerns over his request about the roof deck, of removal or actually we then talked to hum about, is there a way to alter or address the issues about the roof deck? he did say he would be willing to consider removing the dr if we made the deck exclusively to the top unit and if we set it back from the back three feet. mind you it's eight feet on one side, five feet from the other and close to, i believe, 35 feet from the front line and we described the reason which is basically because the unit is so small and three stories up from the backyard, we would like to make this of unit viable f

david winslow, steph architect. i'm trying to speak as loud as possible. planning staff architect. the item before you is a public initiated discretionary request for discretionary review for a building permit application to construct a one-story attached garage in the existing side driveway at the east property line of an existing three-story, one-family one family residents at 869 alvarado. the d.r. requester is here it is not compatible with neighborhood character and blocks existing property line windows resulting in the reduction of light and ventilation and as well as emergency egress, and creates some increased risk of fire and damage from possible earthquakes their proposed alternative is to construct a gated and alternative to a garage and enclosed garage structure. to date, the department has received four letters in opposition and no letters of support for the project. the department's residential design advisory team rereviewed this and confirmed this edition does not present an exceptional or extraordin

. >> good evening, david winslow staff architect. this is a request for discretionary review of building permit application 2018-0816 a three story rear addition and conversion of ground floor storage space to create 775 square feet of dwelling unit to create a two-story two family dwelling. the historic resource is category p. dr requester the immediate neighbor to the west is concerned with the proposed project because of the size and proximity of the proposed additional reviews from the bedroom to significantly impact his property value. his suggested alternative is reduce mass of third floor. public comment staff received no letters in opposition or support. staff recommendation is based on advisory team this design complies with guidelines related to building massing at the rear and access to mid block open space because the proposed addition is set back 6.5 feet from the requester's property line and extends to the adjacent neighbor to the east. sits over the existing footprint of the building such that it retains visual access

item 10 for 41 winter place, a discretionary review. >> good afternoon, vice president, kopple, david winslow. the item before you is a request for discretionary review for a fourth story vertical addition to an existing three-story, too-family house. they are requesting a building to occupy a portion of the rear yard, the required rear yard. a public hearing for that variance was held at which time the zoning administrator took it administer advisement finding ag the outcome of this dr. they are related to loss of privacy and incompatibility with the neighborhood. historic resource is a category c. the reason, therefore, the first steve giovani of 764 green street, a neighbor to the south is concerned with first the scale is out of character with the scale of the alley in the mud-block open space. second, that light and shadow impacts on adjacent neighborhoods will impact this. the building has two rent-controlled units. and four, that the proposed project will block views. the second dr requester, jason louie of 768, a neighbor to the south is concerned with scale, light and shadow impacts

david winslow, steph architect. the item before you is a public initiated requests for discretionary request for discretionary review for building permit location -- for the building permit application to construct a 20 story vertical addition, a rear horizontal addition and faÇade alterations to a existing two story one family residence. the requesters -- the first, stephen chan, the jason neighbor to the west of the proposed project is concerned that the proposed height of the vertical addition is not compatible with the residential design guidelines. the proposed alternatives are setbacks to the third floor so that the scale matches other buildings on the block and does not block light and secondly to move the elevator so it does not -- to match his a little existing light well on the west side. the second d.r. requester, a neighbor to the south of the proposed project is concerned with the proposed addition is a demolition and should be reviewed as such, and number two , the measurement of the project height is