firewall or lattice. >> so either six-foot privacy wall, lattice, or privacy wall, or elimination of all railings for the entire structure. and the last condition, the approved plan shall be stamped "no occupancy." on that motion of the vice- president to approve all those camp -- conditions. president on aye. commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner fung: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> the commission has approved it with all those items. >> this is the appeal number in 12-052 and 053. the subject property is at 42 merah mar ave. protesting the issuance on april 9th, 2012, a permit to demolish a building and a permit to erect a building. it is the demolition of a one story family dwelling and the construction is a three-story single-family dwelling. we will start with the appellant. because you have filed two appeals, you have 14 minutes. >> thank you. good evening, hon. commission. i am incredibly nervous. i hope i do not blow this. i want to thank you for hearing them -- hearing this issue today. and i wanted to get new -- thank anyone for their assistance in this matter. i resid

if there is a railing on the balcony, you would like there to be a wall that goes up 6 feet or a lattice on top of the existing firewall. if i choose to just remove the railing which is part of the objection of the kwoks, could i also have the option of not having any railing or wall? >> yes. >> i just wanted to add that compounded into your description. >> the condition would be to either install a six-foot privacy wall or lattice or firewall or have no railing. >> yes. >> i wanted to make sure we have had a lot from the permit holder. i have not heard responses from the appellant and i want to make sure that the appellants are following what is going on here. if you could come to the podium, i want to make sure that you understand what we were talking about. >> thank you. my understanding is the board proposed to build a six-foot privacy wall so he can keep his balcony. is that right? >> that is one of the conditions. dr. berman stated he would like to choose the option of removing rails all together so no privacy what would be there. >> no railing and no wall. >> just a platform. the

minimum 6 feet lattice. ok. on that motion, a vice- president. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the boat is -- vote is 4-0. >> thank you. we can return to item nine. that is appeal 12-055. >> thank you. thank you for your patience. the parties have come to an agreement. we will explain the elements of the design. >> we discussed it in the hallway. while we still feel it was not approved >> we have agreed to go with exhibits c, which is a combination of the two proposals. this is exhibit c. it reduces the size of the deck on this corner. the one thing we are adding to it, this is a little better, is to make the deck symmetrical on both sides. to balance it on the other side and still allow a place for them to have a barbecue. this protection is only 16 inches. on this elevation, it is 6 feet or less high. we are going to work that out. the bottom of the wall is going to line with the windows -- allign with the wind as. the goal is to minimize the screen. >> just a clarification, it is this dryinawing that satisfy our n

those two conditions and with a third i would add on the property line a six-foot high firewall or lattice as a visual deterrent. >> that sounds like where i would be going. >> what are the planning conditions? >> what is the -- one is the dimension of the balcony is equivalent to the as built conditions which would be the best of the existing beams. >> they are no longer existing. >> they still are. >> i think they were ripped off based on the picture i saw but i could be wrong. are those the beams that were underneath? i thought those were the dry rot issues. >> no. the beams underneath the balcony were reinforcement beams that were added on either side and then engineering was done to make it structurally sound for planning commission. the original beams were in the inside. que>> the suggestions were to reduce the death -- depth and require that the repairs be in kind and that included an open railing and no firewall. >> with a screening on one side. >> the main portion would be open to the maximum extent possible as per planning code but on the property line, i would condition it with

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