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4/27/2007 in the area. That developer neatly forgot to mention that the garage was ABOVE GROUND, at street level just below the 2-story homes. Thus, for all practical purposes we will have 23 3-story homes as a major feature in an otherwise single, detached home community. Why was the developer not told to go back and re-draw or rebuild? Are these new homes away from your neighborhood and so you don't care about setting a precident for 3 stories? Landscaping Exception: A wall will be built right up to the sidewalk in this area; we can't build walls like that near the sidewalks in front of our houses. Parking and Vehicular Safety: This issue should not be underestimated. The 23 units and the 10 units within a two-block walk on Mac Arthur will have an impact far beyond the 300 foot radius. Someone must have been smoking something to think that in homes like these wlo much inside storage, people will be parking (tandem of course!) in their garages. Not all garages are 2 car. Even counting public parking (16 spaces) against the private parking requirements (garages + 6), an variance is still needed. For cars parked on the street, there are frequent anecdotal reports of cars on Henna and Victoria (and probably Broadmoor) getting hit by persons going too fast down those narrow streets or misjudging when turning those comers. With the spate of robberies in the Broadmoor, the difficulty in discerning who has legitimate business in our neighborhood will increase. Health and Privacy Issues: There is scientific evidence that when young children play on pavement as opposed to green areas, they are more likely to develop asthma because their immune systems don't get enough exposure to dirt. There is very little green in this development which has been set up for 23 units, and what designated as the green area is is unacceptably close to the homes on each side of this very narrow space. The lot is so narrow as to make smoking minimally 20 feet from a door or Page 2 of3