public works code allows to slope 25 percent of the sidewalk width. in this case we have -- >> the sidewalk is not a good wide tth to begin with. >> correct. >> this is 80 percent. >> typically under current conditions, under this existing width with a curb cut, and we may not even allow them to have an encroachment because you have to maintain the 4 foot unobstructed path of travel. if you construct a curb cut and a 2 foot encroachment here that leaves 3 feet of level sidewalk ask that is not allowed. >> you have the tree in the middle of the path of travel. >> that would be where the curb cut would be off the street. >> curb cut is a driveway. >> that's a curb cut. where you see they cut the curb down. >> standard to the everyday driveway. 7 feet with 18 inches on both sides that's the width, 3 feet in. come up from the asphalt up to 5 inches and its 3 foot 10 inches. >> 18 inches is the sloping. >> no the sides where it wings up. the wing is that little portion there. and you can park in that wing unless you pay the city a fee and the city will pai

. >> the angle and width. i believe that's all covered in the handout. >> typically san francisco fire escapes and we will see, had angles of somewhere between 60 and 72-degree ladders. i can't from this angle tell what that is. the state has made it clean that 60 degrees is what they consider to be the maximum safe angle. most of the existing ones are steeper, up to 72 degrees. and these hand rails and they step down on to a landing and you walk around and go down. at the bottom, this is the way to get to the ground. this is great. this has something called a counter balance ladder. it means that as you walk down to the bottom of the fire escape, there's a ladder sticking out horizontally. it will go down because there's a weight. >> it doesn't go all at once. >> so counter balance ladders are what the code currently require. but as we walk around, you will see many of them don't have counter balance ladders, they have drop ladders and accordians and all that. this is an excellent type of ladder. you can see

that's the increase that occurred up to 2500 square feet so it's not a tiny house, it's 20 feet in width and i think it's all a question of proportion because we have to have diversity in san francisco, we can't have all 20 and 25 foot frontages, and the earlier, our ancestors even in the late part of the 19th century realized there did have to be wider lots to accommodate people who could afford to do that or had those needs or for whatever reason, maybe because it was higher on a hill and less accessible, they decided that we needed lots that were 50 and 60 feet in width and one of them actually included a carriage house which was part of that and it's much akin to situations that saint francis would and other areas where garages were built separate from the house as part of the lot and this was the same kind of thing that was built there, and i don't really know why they separated out the carriage house and made it a separate property some years back because i think that might have been somewhat of a mistake because it is an anomaly on that particular block and it does not look great,

so if you know the sidewalk width, you can get your front property line, measure from your curb and you know where your property starts. >> within a couple inches. >> still on the fence being on the street line, if it's a house that a joins a street that is unimproved that is really a vacant lot with stairs up it, does that still apply? are you still limited by how high it is? >> the question was if you are facing that, just a normal accepted street by the city, an accepted street is is one where the city has accepted it for public use and maintenance because it meets the city's minimum standards for width and quality of street. for an unaccepted or unimproved street, do we have the same requitrents? >> the short answer is yes. the requirement space onset backs from the lot line, it's not in reference to the street, actually. the street can be relevant to the determination of the front versus the side yard. but other than that -- >> other particular problems about which is the front, which is the side. in fact, it's one of the few opportunities -- the code provides -- if you read the co

. >> how is the width of the stairs, the fire escape? >> okay. we've got a question. how do we determine the width with of the fire escape stairs >> i think it's 18 inches >> ladders shall not be let's than 18 inches >> if someone was applying for a permit. we would like at the occupant load and how many people are going to have to use this, and the building code has a table for calculating. i think we would look at home people would using it. >> every fire escape balcony 18 inches. >> i wanted to talk to the about the stand pipe. >> tell us what we got here. >> this is a dry stamp pipe. typically, the fire engine would stop here and hook up here. so on any floor, whichever floor, we can have water. like i say, this is even better than going to the building. our guy does a good job and makes sure the balcony is stable. it's so much nicer to be outside. you yell at the guy. we need more water and pressure. in my eyes, it's a better system. this one here is dry. some of them are wet. >> what's the difference between wet and dry? >> wet would be connected to the water sy

of the transit area to valencia and also the width and the historic nature of hill street. it's hard to balance both those things but it seems to me the developer has emphasized that he's on valencia street, but in fact, it's like being in a restaurant in a smoking section or something, you're going to be affected by what is around you. this is part of the neighborhood that he's come into. so, we're basically asking that you take consideration of the fact that this building is in very, very close proximity to the historic neighborhood, that it is the development that will be on valencia street and maybe strike a compromise somehow that there could be a reasonable solution bringing down that hiekt, lowering the mass and making it work for everybody in the neighborhood. thank you. >> can i have the projector again, please. good evening, my name is elizabeth, i live on hill street in the liberty hill historic district, i lived in the mission for over 30 years, i'm a little embarrassed at how old i am, we have invited the developers many time tos come and speak with us and some

the state itself requires basically, ignoring the fact a building over 50 feet in width requires more modulation on the facade than this particular approved hardwood fascia is putting in front of us today. i'm asking again and repeating my question. the piecemealing and fragmentation of process, or art piece, the main feature of the building is approved before we have created conditional approval to approve the structure which holds this. for me it a confusing sequence of steps. i'm bewildered that there is quite a bit of uncertainty and unanswered questions. i'm not even talking about those from a number of people in the community which talk about historic preservation and process related to eir and ceqa. >> commissioner hillis. >> i'm supportive of the conditional use approval. i'm heartened to see there will be a process to see the transit oriented development and process to the elevator and escalator kind of going down and taking space on stockton, if that could be shifted and capture more of that space. development in that space would be great. i understand. i see your point. i c

far as the light well reduction, because we are removing the stairwell and smrin beinginging it to width that match, the net reduction that increases light is only 13% so it is a very, very small light well reduction. additionally, my neighbor's concern for privacy, the windows get a lot smaller. the current windows we have there, we have -- each floor has five windows or so. this will reduce to four very small, narrow windows per window. one of the other things in talking to my architect, we did make a change on the second floor where our neighbors had a concern that one large window was a big privacy concern for them, so we did make the modification to move the kitchen and swap the layout for the second and third floor to match what the third floor has, which will have again very, very minimal small, narrow windows on either side of the stove. the proposal they provided, a seven-foot setback limits what can be done on that floor. in terms of the scale of the rest of the remodel, this will not be in line with what current demands are and really puts in question the benefit of remodel at

that's the increase that occurred up to 2500 square feet so it's not a tiny house, it's 20 feet in width and i think it's all a question of proportion because we have to have diversity in san francisco, we can't have all 20 and 25 foot frontages, and the earlier, our ancestors even in the late part of the 19th century realized there did have to be wider lots to accommodate people who could afford to do that or had those needs or for whatever reason, maybe because it was higher on a hill and less accessible, they decided that we needed lots that e

that path width was about 50 yards wide. big thing with a lot of this activity that we saw of the two tornados in the new york city area, there were no injuries with that. so that was a very big thing to mention there. so at least wanted to talk about that system. of course, the frontal boundary off the coastline now much quieter. an area across a good stretch of the country this morning. once you head across the mid-atlantic, high pressure and control, warm conditions, though this morning it is a little bit cool for many of these areas, especially across the great lakes. breathe it in. it's going to feel real good across the area. a little taste of fall. we will warm up in the middle of the week. the trail will continue to trigger some traces for rain. some light rain later. this is leslie, tropical storm moving off towards the north-northeast. will likely be an issue towards newfoundland, st. johns ar, and at that point, good chance of making landfall as a category 1. right now the winds at 60 miles per hour. there's a loo

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the new rules require new and existing abortion clinics to expand the width, provide uncovered entrances and parking. opponents are medically unnecessary. as it stands, no abortion clinics meet the requirements. >>> virginia senate candidate, tim kaine, is chris crossing the commonwealth looking for votes. stopped by fox 5 morning news this morning and gave his assessment as it stands now. >> a very close race. we have 53 days and it's been 19 months, full-time campaign. so you know, it's a long swog, but it goes by quick. the next 53 will go by faster. >> george allen have been spending a lot of time campaigning in virginia. while the candidates may agree, northern virginia will be pivotal to determine who will be the next senator. >> political cartoons almost as old as our democracy. this weekend some of the country's well known political cartoonists are in town. the event is taking place in george washington university. the worker is one of those. he won this year's award for cartooning. >> the nice thing about working in washington is members in congress see your work and you'll do s

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that could easily be moved, it has some relatively small shrubbery in it and that would double the width of the sidewalk there and allow people to get easily by the tree even if this part of the sidewalk were left unprepared. however, i think that could also be easily repaired by putting some filler concrete and make a little bit of a slope there but i think that's not even necessary for the sidewalk to be perfectly usable and ada compliant for it to be four feet wide if that planter were relocated. visually, the tree looks pretty healthy, i'm not an arborist but i couldn't see any evidence of limb failures, something three or four inches coming out from the top up there would not have been necessarily visible but not a great hazard either. when you hear limb failure and is look at the tree, you think as one of the trunks coming down, it was a minor relatively speaking for size of the tree limb failure and i just think it's criminal that we would tear down -- kill a tree like this and, you know, i don't think the department has its policies right, i respect the spokeswoman, they may be w

something off to allow light to come into that, you know, from the west and east by taking a little width off of the master. there is a kind of a notch on the master bedroom on the west side that doesn't look like it really is that important. i'm not sure what the it accomplishes. you still have a sizable master bedroom with part of that off there. so i don't know. that is something i would look at. i would look at the decks. those are the things that i think would probably make the most sense. most of the time we do things we match light wells but don't necessarily separate buildings from each other if they are not zoned so they have to have a separation. if they are allowed to be joined to each other we usually don't require that. >> that's correct. further comments on that for the requesters and project sponsor's sake and for the commission staff does recognize with any development, vertical or horizon -- horizontal, there will be an impact. for the review is whether it meets minimum standards of residential guidelines and in addition whether it is something that is exceptional or extr

it is not within their band width of jurisdiction to go in there. somebody at the environmental health department testified and said hey, listen, we don't go in there right now. not only do we not include it in the inspections, but we can't require anything in the event that the problem exists. >> i think a lot of people don't realize there is a local health authority or other person that has a jurisdiction. i should point out, as well, you also noted that the maricopa county board of supervisors voted unanimously for the health care changes you pushed for, for so long. and that has become law. where you live. i know you have had a lot to do with it. so where do you go next from here? >> i'm working with other states around the country. i am still very optimistic that this will be picked up on a federal level so that there is a consensus across the 50 states. i really think there is a concern that there is no discrepancy between the states, i am very hopeful that the senators across the country will say hey, we recognize there is a problem and we wa

it's not within their band width or yourself dikz as present. that was verified at every turn and many every county. in fact, someone from the environmental health department testified at the assembly health hearing and said, hey, listen, we don't go in there right now. not only don't we include it in our inspections, but we can't require corrective action in the event that a problem exists. >> i think a lot of people don't realize that there isn't some sort of local either health authority or other authority who has some sort of defined jurisdiction, but i should point out as well, you also know the maricopa county board of supervisors in california unanimously voted in favor of the health code you've been pushing for so long, and that's become law. that's where you live. i know you've had a lot to do with it. where do you go from here next some. >> i'm working with other states. i'm still very optimistic that this will be picked up on a federal level so there's a consensus across the 50 states. i really do think it's a national health concern.

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the width -- i think the widest part of the damage was about 50 yards wide. so by tornado standards, that's actually fairly narrow. kind of a reminder that tornadoes can certainly happen in metropolitan areas. today, much quieter across a huge stretch of the country including off the east coast. you still see that frontal boundary off the coast itself, but channeling some of those showers up towards halifax at this point. southwest, one of the better chance for showers. also towards the northwest corner toward seattle itself and central and southern florida, two of the areas that may deal with some showers and thunderstorms today. fairly quiet across a good stretch of the area. we are watching still along that frontal boundary, that is actually leslie, tropical storm pushing up towards at least newfoundland at this hour, will be there by about this time tomorrow. across the dakotas, talking about warm conditions running 20-plus conditions average this fi time of year. there's a look at some of the better chance areas for showers. 48 hours from now. denver, qu

already freed up 200 mega megagametes, and the projection is they would need significantly more band width. but instead of that next band of spectrum they're looking to free up from the pentagon, instead of auctioning it off they want to create a spectrum superhighway where multiple companies can run their services on it. that's years away. the the short term we don't know how it's going to work out. >> you were at the consumer electronics show last year, and a lot of companies have technology where the network can now offer wireless coverage of what they're showing. so, is this going to restrict what the networks may be willing to give away or trade? >> i think so. you're talking about the broadcast networks? >> right. >> the broadcasters are also working on technology which they say will enable them to gain -- content to your mobile unit by graft platform, which is not quite the same as mobile. when they broadcast one to many it doesn't take up as much bandwit sort it's more scale everyone if arch is going to watch nbc on their ipods and nbc beliefs they have a mow efficient way to do it

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these are fantastic infrastructure in terms of width and right of way, sunlight and poa potential trees which i think will be interesting to see of how you're addressing the materiality of market street. i think one of the sad things which has happened is that the contemporary buildings, which happened after the brick theme was installed, some could never really address and embrace market street. so the modern contemporary buildings, more toward the ferry building, all don't really deal well with the entrance and the vertical materials interacting with the brick. and even as you move further up, the historic buildings really all look, unfortunately, not lending their lobby or the greatness of those entrances to be gateways to, and when one of the commissioners talked about -- i think it was commissioner hillis, how does retail deal -- how do the new buildings deal with being part of market street. i would be very interesting to hear your next discussions. i hope you will tell me that the brick will disappear, that we indeed have enough energy behind the rethinking of market street to ta

and so they are kicking in an extra service and giving uni more band width to put the buses out to golden gate park. >> one more question, i think that we are all very excited about this. but concerned about how people are going to get around. and so in terms of the major hotels, are they having any type of private service that will help the people get to these venues? >> they say that they are encouraged to do that. >> the private companies can offer whatever shuttle and there is a lot sbf in that. we are working with the industry. they are helping with the brochures we hope that they will ask the people to take advantage of the augmented services that we have in place and because we have thought about destinations and hotels and centers where visitors coming, union square, the warf and the cbd there, they probably don't need to run shuttles if they are marketing the services we have already got up and running and that actually worked out very well in august. i don't know if people saw that bart had one of the top riding days. that showed that we can rely on the existing service and just

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the political wisdom is that whenever you have the width of a -- the whiff of a losing campaign, the money starts to flee. that's looked like the case with mitt romney. and he's struggling to keep cash on hand. so to me, that's the biggest indicator that romney's campaign is in very, very serious trouble. but, of course in washington you never know. anything can happen to turn this thing, mitt romney is still within striking distance. >> eliot: joe, i love you dearly. did you mix metaphors? i think your point is right either way. sam, am i right? i just don't think any amount of money could salvage this campaign for mitt romney. he stands -- nobody likes him. >> i think you're right. the fat lady has sung and the fork is inside him. >> eliot: use both metaphors. >> not only are we seeing a lack of the big donors step up for the romney campaign, also outside expenditure groups like the super pacs starting to focus more on the -- because romney is starting to go down. i don't see how he comes back from this. i think he's been in trouble for months frankly. >> eliot: the underlying prob