mr. silverman. >> good evening and welcome. >> counsel. >> good evening commissioner honda and commissionersavid silverman on behalf of the permit holder. >> ray chan obtained the permit to alternate their home on greenwich for an upper story that will be setback 12 and a half feet from the permanent house as you heard the sponsor provided 3 foot side setbacks the increase in the height in addition will be 8 feet the building steps remained unchanged the proposed addition is in context to the 09 homes on the block and permited by the planning code no variances involved the planning commission held the dr hearing a year ago on december 10, 2015, the same people the appellants were there they presented the same arguments as they presented tonight the planning commission approved the project 7 to zero. >> unanimous approval the adjacent contiguous homes to the east including the appellants four homes which i'll show you in a moment all have substantially the same or larger height they all have larger massing than the proposed project they have propels to property line houses this is unusual in