my name is mary ellen o'connor. my parents purchased the house at 430 day street, two doors up. it is next to the house where the statement was read two minutes ago. many have mentioned many of the houses on the block have a garage level and two floors above it with no setback. this is a nice family. i would like you to let them do what they want so that they can have their home office and their children in separate rooms and their parents come live with them if that is what they so desire to do. i also do not -- i lived in the house as an adult in the 1990's because my parents have a little apartment downstairs and i do not agree that they should be required to build out into the backyard because i love standing in the backyard of my parents' house and looking at all the foliagened whatnot in everybody's yard and i think having a floor built out into their backyard would really, really ruin the esthetics of being in a backyard and viewing. we have no desire at this time to add on to our house. i would like you to let them do what they want to do with their house. because it is