my husband and i live at 15 el elser ia el sereno court. it is our only home. our goal to raise our family in the house in this neighborhood, to have children attend the local public schools which they do. as children are growing it is coollation of books and clothes is getting larger with them. as they become teenagers the need for morning showers and personal appearance take time. we have one full bathroom and it is not enough. we have maintained positive relationships with the different tenants in 19 over the years and become friend was the current tenants. we felt eliminating the setback would disrupt views. d.r. requester's southern view is unaffected in both plans. we keep our westward facing window in the bedroom. it is covered to maintain privacy as this looks directly into d.r. requester's living room 19. that is the living room window looking to our bedroom. they suggest maintaining privacy was the original builder's intention. maintaining views was part of the builder's intentions. as the pictures originally show, the southeast window of our living r