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8.A ' <br /> Page 68 <br /> i. Among other proof, Appellants would have demonstrated that the standing <br /> seam metal roof that the Council approved for the residence on Circle Road <br /> is starkly different from Applicants' Roof (which the City Planning <br /> Department misleadingly identified in the NOA as "one such roof' — <br /> implying that there are other such roofs in Redwood City, which, in fact, is <br /> not true): <br /> (a) The Circle Road roof is a gentle-pitched, half-round roof that runs from <br /> eave to eave, and is, for all intents, a traditional gabled roof with the <br /> pointed peak attractively rounded, whereas the Applicants' Roof is steep- i <br /> i <br /> pitched, which makes the unconventional metal roof much more visible I <br /> i <br /> from the street and the windows of neighbors; and, consequently, <br /> imposes its presence in the neighborhood to a much greater degree. I <br /> i <br /> Applicants' Roof will be much more visible from the street, creating a '� <br /> greater degree of architectural disharmony on St. Francis Street than is <br /> the case on Circle Road. <br /> (b) The Circle Road roof is a half-round roof without sharp edges or <br /> radically contrasting planes, whereas the Applicants' quarter-round Roof <br /> has a sharp, very pronounced and visually imposing intersection of two <br /> roof planes that accentuates the oddity of the roof in the neighborhood. I� <br /> (c) The materials of Applicants' roof stand out more in Appellants' � <br /> neighborhood than on Circle Road. I ' <br /> ii. 260 Myrtle Street would be offered as clear evidence that an out-of-place <br /> architectural element can cause years of social disharmony in an otherwise <br /> cohesive neighborhood. <br /> iii. There are no residential examples of a quarter-round, steep pitched curved <br /> standing seam metal roof anywhere within miles of 448 St. Francis Street. <br /> The closest example is a building at Woodside High School. This building <br /> stands above all other buildings on the campus and is physically and <br /> visually separated from the next building by at least 150' in distance and <br /> 50' in elevation. The next building has a flat roof which in no way visually <br /> or architecturally conflicts with the quarter-round curved metal roof. In <br />