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NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS Dustin Boyce's property abuts the northern side property line of the subject property. Mr. Boyce has expressed concern with the proposed height and massing of the proposed project. ANALYSIS 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 greater than ten feet in height are subject to administrative design review. Staff notes that even though a proposed addition may comply with the development standards of the applicable zoning district, through the design review process the Municipal Code allows the reviewing body to approve conditions that may be more restrictive than the normal Code standards to ensure that the public health, safety, or general welfare is preserved. Regarding design, stafffeels that the design of the proposed additions is aesthetically compatible with the existing dwelling and other homes in this historic Downtown neighborhood, and is acceptable. The proposed project would meet the floor area ratio (FAR) and height regulations of the R-I-6,500 Zoning District, which are designed to control the overall mass and height of structures on a property. The height of the addition is not out of scale with several of the other structures along Second Street and the new roof on the rear of the existing home and above the proposed additions matches the steep (8:12) roof pitch on the front of the existing home in order to create a seamless transition to the proposed additions. Although a lower height could be achieved through a more moderate roof pitch, staff believes the resulting home would be less aesthetically pleasing. Staff believes that the proposed additions would not be overbearing to the adjacent properties, would not create privacy impacts, nor significantly impact the light, air, open space, and views between properties. Therefore, staff finds that the proposed additions would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or general welfare. Variance Required The R-I-6,500 District requires that a one-story addition be separated 17 feet from an adjacent two-story dwelling or 10 feet from a one-story dwelling. The proposed additions currently comply with the separation requirements. However, if Mr. Boyce's two-story addition at 4546 Second Street is approved and built, the applicants' proposed single-story addition on the northern side of the house would be separated approximately 11 \12 feet from the neighbor's proposed two-story addition and would not comply with the 17-foot minimum separation requirement. Staff notes that the hearing notice indicates an approximately lO-foot lO-inch separation is proposed between the subject addition and the neighbor's proposed addition. After Case No. PV-J53/PADR-J536 Zoning Administrator 3