we want to ask for a wider reach insel items without neighborhood notification. they could include insel under decks, adding garages and all rooms under within the r.e.t. threshholds. rebuilding existing features 100%. not just 50%. section 181 of the planning code indicates you can rebuild an existing feature without notification up to 50%. over 50%, you immediate to notify the neighbors. rear additions that are one or two stories high with one or five-foot setbacks either side. these are all items that could be approved over the counter. the second item we're asking for is that we ask the planning commission to rewrite the definition of gross square footage so that basements and garage spaces are not counted as growth square footage this. will allow people to capture equity within the foot print of their buildings as a right, without having to go through the neighborhood notification or lengthy planning process. this will serve to incentivize homeowners to perform a full seismic upgrade of their foundations, which is often prohibitively expensive and incredibly