my name is michael zucker. my wife and i are the owners of the property immediately to the north of the subject property that we're discussing this afternoon. our family has lived in this house since 2002. we have thoroughly enjoyed the neighborhood. it is a unique part of the city where we have side yards as well as rear yards and we have a continuity of development in this particular mid-block area. i wish to address three things this afternoon. i want to talk about the neighborhood, the project, and our goals for today. in this neighborhood there's a clearly defined pattern of -- at the rear of all of the yards. i brought this aerial photograph which i believe you're all pretty much familiar with. i've also put a red line across the center of the rear yards, the rear extensions of all the buildings. you can see that there's a clearly defined pattern here. and that there are side yards. we had seven homes that are all in this matter. if you go to the opposite side of the block on 18th it's much similar. the o

my name is michael zucker. my wife and i are the owners of the property immediately to the north of the subject property that we're discussing this afternoon. our family has lived in this house since 2002. we have thoroughly enjoyed the neighborhood. it is a unique part of the city where we have side yards as well as rear yards and