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SUPPLEMENTAL I ATLf 8AL Provided to the Planning Commission After Distribution of Packet Date Distributed:_,) From: autumn Sent:Tuesday, July 11, 2017 3:52 PM To: Eric Luchini; Adam Weinstein Subject: Deny Rezoning and building size increase at Yellowstone Court, Valley Trails Mr. Luchini and Mr. Weinstein, I am writing in response to the proposal and hearing at tomorrow night's Planning Commission for: Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's approval of an application for Administrative Design at residence located at 3552 Yellowstone Court We have owned a home and lived in Valley Trails for 15 years, two courts away from this residence. Both on our court and other courts (including this home), the apparent use of residences to rent out rooms is becoming a serious issue and problem - and degrading our community. The homeowners who act as "boarding" houses do not appear to have accountability to the city or neighborhood as to who they rent to, or how many they rent to. In our court alone, there was one resident of a "boarding" house who had a hit-and-run incident nearby, where Highway Patrol sent multiple cars to our court searching for him. We found out he hid the car a few courts away, walked to his boarding house, and avoided arrest and prosecution. We have 2 boarding houses on our court alone (with 4 bedrooms max in each home), and the parking and unseemly behavior for most of these tenants is problematic and very discouraging to us as homeowners in a residential area. This home on Yellowstone has historically rented out rooms to non-family tenants, resulting in many police calls and we've heard, even arrests from this house. Not to mention the parking and car issues that a court environment can not sustain. We ask that you review police records on this house as part of your consideration. The claim that they need to have "rooms" for their children and grandchildren has not been the case for their housing issues previously, and we doubt they will be using the rooms for family, but rather, more criminal type residents renting out rooms in this even larger "boarding" house. Even if this family were to rent only to family, we object to the rezoning and do not want them to be allowed to put such a huge home in a court environment and increase the traffic and congestion and noise, in a neighborhood where 4 bedrooms are the maximum and parking is so limited. And although there should not be constraints on the# of familymembers in a home, running a "boarding house" to non-family residents should be managed by the city, in much the way a home day care has city oversight. There are no guidelines and the neighborhoods are suffering from the intake of criminal type tenants to our area. These homeowners are technically running a for-profit business in our neighborhoods, with no controls or oversight. Our Valley Trails neighborhood is not set up for 8-9 bedroom homes, for family or non-family residents. Can you imagine if all the homes rezoned to have that many people in the small courts - what the outcome would be like? 1