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495 first structure is a one-story house is 28 feet high, which is totally unsatisfactory. Mrs. Beth McKnight, 824 Sylvaner Drive, stated the issue is that the neighbors do not want 6 to 20 feet of dirt, and do not want two-story size houses, behind their residences because they would lose their privacy. She thought these conditions were covered with the restriction to single-story homes. There is still a question of height on the grading pads being higher than hers. Then the house on Lot 11 was raised an additional two feet, and she does not understand how that was counted in the total height measurement. Now a house higher than the two-story tri- level home two doors down from her was built after the developer said that all houses on lots 1 through 13 would be single-story, no taller than hers. Single-story houses on Sylvaner average 14 feet high. Each person involved in this project knows the intent of the communications and compromises which were made between Mr. Beratlis and the neighborhood. The bottom line is, the neighbors did not want excessive height, either by grading or by tall houses, and Mr. Beratlis assured them they would have neither one. Mrs. McKnight asked if the drawings shown the neighbors at Mr. Alexander's office at one meeting were completely out of scale as the staff report states, why did he do that? It can be called a set-back analysis or any other description but she knows that the line of sight from the windows was the major emphasis. She feels the neighbors have been given misrepresentations. The health, welfare, and privacy of the homeowners on Sylvaner Drive and Catawba Court will be severely damaged if anything above a 16 foot tall house is allowed to be built on lots 1 through 13. She urged Council to go back to the intent of all the meetings and limit these houses to no more than 16 feet in height. Mr. Karl E. Geier, Attorney, Miller Starr & Regalia of Walnut Creek, representing Amador Valley Savings and Loan, asked if Council had received the communication sent this date reqarding this matter. Council acknowledged that they had receive~ the letter and materials attached. Mr Geier stated many more people are involved in this matter now than when it was first considered, as individuals have purchased lots and are in the process of building homes on their lots. He stated this project, at this step, is not in the context that the Council is used to seeing; it has been approved and the rules established. The big issue is single-story houses behind the residences on Sylvaner and Catawba. The Zoning Ordinance states a 30 foot high maximum for single story houses as does the Uniform Building Code. The CC&R's, which the City Attorney approved, states that the limitation on this project is single-story. The conditions of approval imposed by the City say a single-story, and there are no indications any where that the City has ever published or included in a condition of approval for this project that says anything but single-story. There is nothing out but a 30 foot height limit out in this part of town. Mr. Geier stated that the homes, designed with tall sloping roofs, legally fulfill the requirement that they be one- story, and that Condition No. 21 of the approved conditions, has been fully and completely satisfied by the developer which imposes - 20 - 1-17-89