if you have that four-inch spacing and you've got an ambitious young boy -- >> horizontal spacing. >> exactly. the vertical rails for child safety is the best way to go. even if it meets code, sometimes it's a little scary. you got to think a little bit beyond that sometimes. >> attractive nuisance for a child that's going to go i really want climb over this. >> the building code is silent about whether this should be vertical or horizontal. and horizontal guardrails are fine even though we understand they pose some kind of hazard for little kids to climb. this is an interesting building up behind hoover middle school. in the sunset. >> looks like it was in the sierras. >> isn't that something? the back of this building looks just like a normal blind wall building. it's a big clear stand wall, you know, stucco or something. and here, it appears to be and i don't know what the actual structure is. it appears to be stone below and a log building above. >> [laughter] >> with a big balcony deck on these giant beams that projects from the building. >> these are low beams and the real struc

it shows the horizontal citing but it doesn't say whether it is paying -- painted and i can show you a couple more. >> that would have gone out in the notice. here it is the detail on the exterior wall. this is the wall. it shows an exterior plywood. you would imagine this is the current state. on top of that, over two layers of building paper, you can see the exterior elevations for the plastering system where there is plastered. this detail shows the same thing with those for two buildings. it does not say how it will finish. >> those could be unfinished? >> well, it could be. i don't think that there is any code requirement. >> i think that this is a nicer finished because of the horizontal verses plywood. >> does it seem reasonable for someone to speak with one party involved in the issue to determined to deny without having spokesperson not having spoken to the person? >> we deal primarily with the permit holder. the work is to be done by that person. we don't ordinarily go around and talk to the neighbor's claim fuhr -- to the neighbors sa. what is before us is not the question

one, an increase in the number of dwelling units shall not be permitted, and two, no vertical or horizontal expansion on either building shall be allowed unless authorized by the zoning administrator. given this information it is difficult to understand why the manabat's previous variance request was denied. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi name is tony kim, and i live on 208 vermont speed. i have been a resident for eight years. i wanted to correct one statement i heard earlier today that the hughes do not reside at their residence. they in fact do. i have been to their house, so i can confirm that they live there. i also wanted to point out that i've reviewed a lot of the letters of opposition, and there is a statistic that gets brought up around only three lots within a quarter mile radius having less than 1,000 square feet. i just don't see how that is relevant to the situation here. as you guys are aware, there are five primary criteria for the variance. in the review i also noted that the 690 arkansas, 701 vermont and 594 vermont streets were also granted variances.

basically makes a vertical and horizontal line. you want to look for these things when you look at a building. and it's not always obvious . if you look at this building, this one was an example of the racking we talked about. see how these studs are starting to fold on each other? if this whole thing fell over, the studs would be connected to each other. this is an example of the racking. obvious example of racking here; right? if you walk into this building, you are going to say this is heavily damaged. easy. large cracks. again, you want to look around the doors and the foundation. here right at the doors because, remember, the soft structure is the bottom structure. that's going to move the most. then right around the doors are structural members of the house. that's where you are going to find a lot of the damage. this one -- but look at all the doorways again. this building, again, here in the marina. somebody wrote something on there. if you look really close it says, search. somebody wrote that there because maybe they thou

tuvieron que lanzarse a buscar nuevos horizontes profesionales....usted es unos de ellos. cual ha sido su experiencia...se vio usted en la necesidad de carrera? --mas adelante tendremos sus comentarios y opiniones...por ahora a las noticias. ---hoy colombia esta de pÁ cemes------el mono jo joy, el lider del grupo guerrilero de las farc, cayó abatido en un operativo militar, despues de varias semanas de ubicarlo y cercarlo------vamos a colombia en donde se encuentra maribel osorio--- cordenadas exactas donde estaba el campamento del mono jojoy. >>> le seguían el rastro hace muchos meses, pero ayer bombarderaron el campamento madre. >>> por parte nuestra señor presidente sufrimos 5 heridos y una baja, una perrita de nombre sacha. >>> ayer combatieron todo el día en un campamento que calificaron como un bunker, y entre más de 20 cadáveres estaba el del mono jojoy. >>>periodista: el presidente advirtió que la ofensiva seguirá. >>> y después de esta muerte las farc quedan duramente golpeadas, más que cuando murió raúl reyes. >>> las farc quedan huérfanas en termino de conducció

necesidad es la madre de la invención y el que siente desempleo ha obligado a muchos a explorar nuevos horizontes copió la idea de un amigo de oregon porque estaba en una situación desesperada. >> llevaba casi un año y medio sin trabajo. quién además de tener dos hijos en la universidad estaba a punto de perder su casa. >> aunque el local es pequeño, roberto martínez y su socia están pensando en grande, dicen que quieren comprar al menos 2 más antes de empezar a vender la franquicia. >> las meseras en su mayoría estudiante también comparten el éxito. >> es una diferencia grande aseguró dice que aquí gana hasta 40 dólares más por hora que en su antigüo trabajo y hasta ahora ningún cliente le ha faltado el cliente. >> no están en un bar, no hay alcohol, nadie las toca, están seguras y es solamente café me dijo. aún así martínez reconoce que la mayoría de los clientes son hombres y acepta que el concepto en bikini tiene partidarios y críticos. >> si yo tuviera el cuerpo así, claro que lo haría me dijo. >> nunca. >> no, porque cuando estaba joven mis padres no me dejaban. >> doña dólares de 86 años d

. >> i think that this is a nicer finished because of the horizontal verses plywood. >> does it seem reasonable for someone to speak with one party involved in the issue to determined to deny without having spokesperson not having spoken to the person? >> we deal primarily with the permit holder. the work is to be done by that person. we don't ordinarily go around and talk to the neighbor's claim fuhr -- to the neighbors sa. what is before us is not the question whether the citing should go up, what is before us is the issue that access was not formally denied. the question is whether access would be allowed or whether there would be in a pattern of delay or old problems. i think that's the problems are reflected in both parties. i did not see from the permit holders brief any documentation that had an urgent need to provide access. delong e-mails that went back- and-forth, i don't think that there was an intended solution. people need to look at their finances and get final approval. the issue there is to paris culpability. we should require that the siding to be put up. this is a f

it shows the horizontal citing but it doesn't say whether it is paying -- painted and i can show you a couple more. >> that would have gone out in the notice. here it is the detail on the exterior wall. this is the wall. i s

this is a very horizontal lay-up compared to ours, but we will have these in different planted areas, and this leads me to my last slides, and the reason i bring this up is to show you the extent of the planted areas, so you can see the eastside and the eand there are planted areas on both sides. the planted area would be inside the lobby, and that ends up with the total square footage we need for this system to work, so i think it will be a fantastic demonstration for public tours as part of the project, so that is what i wanted to bring you up on today, and stay tuned. there will be more. do you have any questions? pardon me? but commissioner: what is the completion date? >> it is spring of 2012. great that you're going to be modeling that. are there plans for any rooftop gardening at all? f.@w÷/'d with the solar panels on the roof, so we looked at trying to do a green roof, and that was several iterations ago. work, but it did not work to be able to do that. zacommissioner moran: to understand in more detail what this living machine is about, if there is something, i would be inter

this notice could have been more precise in saying there was a second story horizontal addition being legalized. it is tricky to be able to encapsulate exactly what is happening, especially when it is within the same building footprint. commissioner garcia: under most circumstances, and this is hypothetical, if there is a material difference between documents we are referring to, would planning say let's do this over? or would they say it is taken care of in the description, or it is taking care of in the 311? >> typically, we want them to match. that is our goal. typically, we would re-notice. in the second case, the appellant had contacted him. that was when there was a typographical error. at that point, someone else had complained the decision was made, because it was not the typical part, that it was ok. people had found out about it and there was still not a dr filed. typically, the department wants the notice to match the plans. president peterson: thank you. mr. corn field, anything further? commissioners, the matter is submitted. commissioner fung: for me, the crucial point h

the horizontal and rear of the building has been encroached 1 foot in a 25 foot briard setback. it does not let out any more detail. commissioner hwang: did you see the photographs, with respect to the footprint question? >> i saw some photos. commissioner hwang: does that help you? i think i am looking at attachment e or d. d. >> i have that here. commissioner hwang: i am looking at e, the previously existing house. if that was the previously existing house, and the bill out house ouilt out house on d -- it appears that is far beyond the existing footprint, at least from these photographs. what do you think? >> i really do not understand the last out. commissioner hwang: you do not understand the layout? >> i do not understand what we are comparing it to. commissioner hwang: i will ask the appellant to clarify on rebuttal. i might be misunderstanding it too. president peterson: is there any public comment on this item? please step forward. >> my name is charles stange. i am the property owner directly behind 48 newton. i am here to support the appellants, only because of the hi

it means that as you walk down to the bottom of the fire escape, there's a ladder sticking out horizontally. it will go down because there's a weight. >> it doesn't go all at once. >> so counter balance ladders are what the code currently require. but as we walk around, you will see many of them don't have counter balance ladders, they have drop ladders and accordians and all that. this is an excellent type of ladder. you can see from the end of counter balance ladder, there's a chain. if you follow the chain up. it goes up to a pulley and down the other side to a weight. can you see that? the big weight is the counter balance weight and the code prescribes how many force it will take to operate that counter balance. >> is there a maximum height? >> yes. there's a maximum and minimum. >> it's in the handout >> ladder xdto the ground. on page 6, 2.7. a permanent, 50 pounds. 150 pounds 1 quarter of the way will start to swing slowly down. and no fire escapes will be less than 14 feet above the sidewalk. when any part falls away, it has to be 14 feet. >> the top ladder too, that's a straight l

new jersey wall abutment on the sky ramp, came down over the em babankment embankment, turned horizontally with i-270 over here, and then did a complete roll and ca to rest on its wheels. >> the bus was never airborne and it didn't crash on any cars going airborne. >> we're fortunate more people weren't injured or killed. >> aaa atlantic nt out a press release saying this demonstrated the need for taller, stronger barriers on our bridgesnd overpasses. spokesmen said that is one of the thipgz they will be looking at during the course of this investigation. my colleague jackie bensen picks up the coverage from here in bethesda. jackie? >> thank you, craig. well, a total of 12 people were taken to local hospitals as a result of this crash. the bus passengers are from carlisle, pennsylvania, which is about 90 miles north of here. there were two groups on that bus. two people, a man and a woman, described as elderly have serious injuries. 're told they were at the smithsonian toda another group fared much better. it was two women and four children, the children ages six, nine, 11 and 12. they v

roger bernadinna getting a little horizontal with his gloves, great play for the defensive player ofame, bottom 7th. nats out 3-2, espinosa, hits a pitch to right field and clears the game winning 2-run home run. nats win 4-3. oreioles fall to the red sox 6-1. >>> hockey people, making their preseason debut. second period, johansen dropped it to hend rick, who buries the first of three goals on the night. later second period, caps on the power play, alexander stemmon to thomas sliceman who scores the first of his two goals. they defeat the blue jackets 6-2. here we go again. >>> in the net tonight and fellow goalee signed a two year extension with the caps $2.3 million. i'm dave feldman. brian's back right after this.  right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen col

a horizontal addition and a vertical addition certainly will result in additional assessment. by the way,? are interesting because the rules change. if you are on the ground and it is a patio, it has different rules. if you lay a flagstone patio, you're not getting a permit for a deck. but if you build -- let us say you build a deck that is less than 30 inches off the ground. no permit is required. it does not go to the assessor reporter's office. between 30 and 36 inches off the ground, you need a permit. you can expand the entire size of your rear yard. if you are more than 36 inches off the ground, you have to meet the planning department open space requirements and encroachment requirements. there is a whole range. another thing would be converting an unfinished basement or adding living area, which is happening very often. people are taking the back of their grosz and turning it into their room, or an attic. that is happening in lot. you have to be assessed for that. i think that is a very green thing to do because you do not have to add building. do you have anything to

. >> for transbay, jenny is proposing just over 90 feet that will display white horizontally scrolling test. the sign's composition will be elegant and well-married to the underlying structure. great white l.e.d.'s will be set into aluminum bars, each 11 feet tall and one inch wide and deep that will be mounted vertically to articulate the curve. the glass. because the vertical balls will be installed at four-inch intervals, it will be semitransparent, allowing visitors to see the artwork and one another and the architecture. so the sign's components will be minimal. the texts they display will be highly resolved, crisp, and vivid, even during periods of bright sun. from its position on the curved portion of the glass enclosure, it will have a strong presence in the building. skoaling text will be evident from the grand concourse and the escalators. the l.e.d. bars themselves will -- jenny will use the transmissive and reflective qualities of the glass to create an artwork that will be double-sided. the artwork's primary face, the position of which remains to be determined, will displa

once you hold the building temporarily, we will use that effort to level the building and create a horizontal condition on the habitable space. >> the original two structures that forms this building, i presume it was originally connected in the east-west direction? >> right. >> and the soft story curse across the front damage? >> fronts and back, right. a soft story condition is a condition where there is no lateral stiffness where there is a sheer wall, panel or a brace frame. >> is it in more than one location? >> sure. >> i mean is it at the stair, the entry -- >> it would be at the front, on the sides, at the light wells, in the back. a soft story condition is a lack of sheer wall that extends down to the foundation. >> so it is not a localized condition? >> it is not. >> mr. santos, i am assuming, and i will ask mr. kornfield the same question. as you get into this and you start feeling as the engineer on the project that there is a life safety issue, is there a quick process for you to have the tenants removed for their safety? >> well, we would be working closely with a general contra