POR 2016 #49 · Agenda item attachment · Feb 22 2016

Ted. wAgenhnecht I am here to request the dewal of AlP 20i6 #10 - a curb cut at 4lCldson Street. The proposed curb cut will create a driveway in between my house and the subject property, 41 gibson street. The proposed parking spot violates a number of zoning ordinances: 6.43.4(c) states that any driveway providing access to an off-street parking facility shall permit a clear view to the driver of any car exiting the facility of traffic on the street and of pedestrians-this does not because of its proximity to my house 6.43 also states that there be maneuvering area-there is none; it states that parking spaces are to be designed so as not to create a nuisance-this eliminates crucial parking spaces on street for the neighborhood; hazard —this does not have a line of sight for pedestrians or traffic; or create an unreasonable impediment to traffic—this spot would put out into a two-way street with one lane worth of room It violates6.44.1 (d)as there is no room for the landscaping required by article 6.48 And most importantly to me and my family, it violates article 6.44.1 (a)—that is, no parking space is to lie within 10 feet of a building wall containing windows of habitable or occupiable rooms at basement or first story, this proposed spot would put car fumes right in my kitchen and living room-the two rooms My sindows ave less than off. formy family uses the most. Further, this proposed spot violates the stated intent of the artro e 6 in the zoning ordinance-it does not This pused deten léssen congestion in the streets, it does not conserve health, and it does not conserve the value of land and buildings this would be detrimental to the-vatue or our home and the health of my famit tus proposed spot wolates the stated purpese of section Gil of the indrance - Further, it does not cheater kentr, safety at withou health tames, sorely (holmeat sight, no maneuvery reem, an welfare (home value) issues, There are other, non-zoning issues here as well. 2. The property was bought without a curb cut. That was no surprise to anyone. There is no legal requirement for the Council to grant a curb cut application and, honestly, you'd much rather continue to have youf property overlook the pleasant landscaping that is there now than a parking spot-our basement already takes on water in periods of inclement weather «the grass and trees and bushes there now absorb that-these would go away with even the most friendly of materials and cause water run-off again to my detriment not to mention the aesthetic loss. Further, there are 2 other potential locations for this parking spot that do not pose these same zoning issues and impact issues-one of which already had a curb cutsh the past. 3- this side of the houses is the most exposed to sun—it is brutal in the summer time. Having a car deflect that sun further into our house will cause light and heat issues that cannot be measured 3. Maybe a throw away point that the heat island impact of climate change is going to gat worse in the immediate future and having a parking spot here instead of the current landscaping is going to akevit all that much worse, leven if only in this onelsmall place.

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