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Program 8.1: Enforce provisions of the City's Zoning Ordinance and related planning ordinances to maintain the character of existing residential neighborhoods. Program 8.2: Use the City's development review procedures to minimize intrusions into existing neighborhoods. The neighbors to the rear have stated that a two -story home is not in keeping with the overall characteristics of the neighborhood. However, other two story homes exist within the Val Vista neighborhood and no restriction against a two -story home exists for the subject property or surrounding properties. With the proposed addition, the subject home would be one of the larger homes in the Val Vista neighborhood, but not the largest home, either in immediate vicinity or within the development. Standard procedure requires adjacent property owners be notified and have the opportunity to comment on projects such as the subject proposal. The proposed conditions of approval intend to mitigate for and minimize the impact of the proposed project to rear neighbors in the form of reduced window size and landscape screening. Neighbors adjacent to the subject property have also commented regarding the proposed project and their concerns have been incorporated into this report for the Planning Commission's consideration. DESIGN REVIEW Chapter 18.20 (Design Review) of the Municipal Code indicates that in order to preserve and enhance the City's aesthetic values and to ensure the preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare, additions to single - family homes which exceed ten feet in height are subject to Administrative Design Review. As outlined in the Design Review Chapter, the Zoning Administrator's or Planning Commission's scope of review of the project plans shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Preservation of the natural beauty of the city and the project site's relationship to it; The proposed project will preserve the natural beauty of the city in that it will preserve the mature landscaping on the property and additional landscaping will be planted to help screen the structure from adjacent property owners. The project is set back a minimum of 20 feet 1 -inch from the rear property line and the rear yard setback increases as the project gets closer to the eastern property line. The open space within the rear and side yards will be maintained. 2. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building to its site, including transition with streetscape, public views of the buildings, and scale of buildings within its site and adjoining buildings; Case No. PAP -146, Appeal of PADR -2090 Planning Commission Page 14 of 17