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house has minimized the roof height to 24 feet at the highest point, which is six feet below the allowable limit, and the placement of the second-story windows were reconfigured to increase the number of opaque-glass windows with two other windows blocked by existing trees. Mr. Knight continued that to allow the neighbors and City staff to better assess impacts, story-poles have been installed twice, and extensive and costly sun shadowing study has been undertaken. He added that the vast amount of mature vegetation surrounding the property that would provide screening of the second-story and that they have also agreed to plant two additional trees to help with pnvacy concerns. Mr. Knight clarified the shadowing and privacy impacts by showing a picture of the southern extension as viewed from the west elevation that depicted the story poles, projected roofline, and the existing 22- to 40-foot trees on the east and south of the property that currently cast shadows onto their as well as other neighboring properties. He then presented a picture that was taken May 24th at 4:00 P.M. showing the shading on 787 Mirador Court's side yard from the existing eight trees, several of which are over 35 feet. He then pointed out where the 18-foot story pole casts a shadow on the house and said that because the existing trees cast a shadow onto the property, the second-story would not further impact what currently exists. Mr. Knight then presented a picture illustrating what a seven-foot fence would look like on the Georgatos' property with and without transom windows and a tree. He stated that the seven-foot fence would alleviate privacy concerns since there would not be a line of sight onto the property. He continued that additional landscaping, without a fence, would also suffice in mitigating privacy concerns. He added that while transom windows do provide privacy, mitigation measures should be added so that larger windows can be returned. He also presented a picture showing the view to the southeast towards 798 East Angela Street, stating that the substantial number of trees and foliage will effectively mitigate privacy issues for at least eight months of the year if not more. He then presented a picture of the view towards 784 East Angela Street and stated that with the removal of the west-facing windows in the master bedroom, the privacy concern is effectively eliminated. Mr. Knight went on by stating altemative options for mitigation of privacy concems from 790 East Angela. He requested the Commission to support the condition of approval to allow the rear windows in the master bedroom to be returned to their original state and stated that he agrees with the suggestion for a six-foot high redwood fence with a one-foot lattice on top to replace the existing approximately four-foot fence running parallel to the property line shared with 790 East Angela. He indicated, however, that he would agree to this only if the south-facing windows in the master bedroom are returned to their original design and only the other south facing window is opaque glass block; the Knights would carry the full cost of a standard redwood fence design at approximately $30 per linear foot. Mr. Knight requested the Commission's support and stated that they sincerely regret that their plans have caused concems for some of the neighbors. He believed, however, that the stated negative impacts do not warrant preventing them from exercising their rights to enhance their property under the City's zoning guidelines. He continued that they feel their proposal is fair, reasonable, and justified, and they have made significant concessions in an effort to mitigate neighbors concerns. Mr. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, June 14,2006 Page 5 of9