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R 1, This is NIMBYism in overdrive. I'm not sure why anyone would want to freeze a city in <br />time. It's not like the mid-century tract house is architecture for the ages. This is also <br />doubling down on the mentality and policies that have created a critical nationwide housing <br />shortage. <br />+1 1 the character of your neighborhood is less important than creating more space to live <br />in, rent out, etc. The need for housing is more important than "character". <br />+ l 1 There are already restrictions regarding height and lot coverage %. This proposal is not <br />really necessary <br />2, maybe some restrictions might make sense, like for the Eiklers neighborhoods in Palo Alto, <br />but that is more about the fact the those homes have open court yards. And people <br />shouldn't be able to build up giant houses that impose on their neighbors, but people also <br />need to able able to make the updates they want. The world is changing, and we need to <br />embrace it. <br />2 we need more units per lot, not just bigger single-family homes <br />1 it's too late to stop 2 story homes from existing in single story neighborhoods. Homes from <br />the early 1900 have to be rebuilt to be livable and to control maintenance costs. What could <br />be controlled is the property line offset on 2 story properties to be doubled to better protect <br />neighbors privacy. <br />Restrictions should NOT be imposed. As much as I don't like homes that degrade the feel of <br />neighborhoods this can also happen even when an exterior remodel occurs, adding a second <br />story doesn't change the feel of the neighborhood, the potential design does. By allowing <br />people to add onto their homes, less people will be forced out of moving out of the very <br />expensive Base Area <br />1, this is sounds like a request for current home owners to protect their investments which <br />doesn't seem fair to me. I'd rather have community members to build up instead of out in <br />undeveloped land <br />2 this is an Infringement on property owners, the neighbors should be OK with whatever <br />design but government is TOO BIG <br />2 1 would think it should depend on the size of the lot <br />