“The variance request in this case is to increase the allowed maximum height for a flat roof structure, or a portion of the structure that has a flat roof, to 33 ft in height. ... because it's in the shoreland, that specific ... section B would not apply in this case. It's not eligible.”

“Really the one clear clarification ... I'd like to have is the chimney itself in its current design would be allowed up to that 33 if the elevator did not extend up into that third story. And so, from an overall form standpoint, if they just extended their elevator to their second floor and first floor, the form of this wouldn't change at all.”

“The elevator is needed cuz I can barely walk. I mean, I have you you don't want to know all the problems I've got, but I can't go upstairs. ... you think about going out of a What's the roof the the top? You have a hatch and you have to go up steps and you have to if you're going to carry some orders or a drink or make a party out of it. It's It's work and they just don't do it. So they never used it.”

“So I thought there we could find a unique challenge of the property. So when we heard the testimonies about when the previous house was demolished and how the way that was backfilled sat a little bit lower, I think it is worth exploring on what that original property looked like, what what that topography actually was before all of those changes were made.”

“Enforcement is almost completely complaint-based in the city. ... What we're looking for is uniqueness to the property when we're granting a fence variance. And so things that we see commonly from applicants are, um, arguments around uh, necessity for safety, um, which is generally not considered a circumstance unique to the property historically at board.”

“we had a life safety issue where a fence was constructed on a property line and an adjacent home that was built within 3 ft of the property line was not able to open their door anymore. And then there was a safety issue where that was a problem.”

“I second the Hope that we would get less variance requests for fences. They just if it's not a health and safety issue it It usually comes across as neighbors nitpicking or tattletaling or Um Yeah, someone decided to put their own fence up and just never thought they'd even have to check for something. It's frustrating for all parties involved because they're The way that they present their cases are very much why am I even here”

“I appreciated the way that um you included photos and diagrams of like what would and would not be allowed. And I guess I would just um sort of request if it's possible to also include some of those photos in the fence regulation handout ... cuz I think for um the layperson does not understand what 60% opaque necessarily translates into um into reality.”