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8.A <br /> Page115 <br /> Appeal of lssuance of Architectural Permit Page 7 of 13 <br /> 448 Saint Francis St. <br /> Project No. AP-2010-9 <br /> a. The standing seam metal roof is totally out of place in the immediate <br /> neighborhood and incompatible with the architectural and social harmony of the <br /> neighborhood. <br /> i. Ainong 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 stazkly different frorn 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 riue): <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, as best can be discerned <br /> from Applicants' inadequately notated plans with respect to the <br /> dimensions of the Roof, the Applicants' Roof is more steeply pitched, <br /> which makes the unconventional metal roof much more visible from the <br /> street and the windows of neighbors; and, consequently, imposes its <br /> presence in the neighborhood to a much greater degree. Applicants' <br /> Roof will be much more visible from the street, creating a greater degree <br /> of architectural disharmony on St. Francis Street than is the case on <br /> 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. <br /> (c) The materials of Applicants' roof stand out more in Appellants' <br /> neighborhood than on Circle Road. Appellants have been informallY <br /> informed bv an architect that Analicants' zinc roof will likelv be <br /> sufficientiv reflective to cause a verv substantiai degradation of <br /> Apaellants' pualitv of life. <br />