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q. A-25 park on Tiller Lane and Teredo Drive have been granted variances to allow setbacks between 6 and 17 feet. These include: 470 Barkentine Lane (6 feet), four houses away, 482 Barkentine Lane (17 feet), 443 Tiller Lane (12 feet), 615 Teredo Drive (15 feet), 647 Teredo Drive (10 feet), and 651 Teredo Drive (15 feet). Additionally, the home at 442 Tiller Lane is currently being remodeled with a structural setback within 6 feet of Marlin Park's boundary line (side yard). The Redwood Shores Homeowners Association's Architectural Review Board approved our application. And routinely did so for other properties in the past, as seen in the list of remodel addresses noted above. When this subdivision was developed in 1972, Redwood City allowed the developer to have 15 -foot setbacks on the original structures for several of the homes built on Teredo Drive, Spar Drive, Tiller Lane, and Barkentine Lane. It is our understanding that the developer (Peninsula Master Builders) donated the land to Redwood City for Marlin Park and monies to develop it as open space in exchange for the reduced setback Explain how the granting of the Variance would not be contrary to the intent of the Zoning Ordinance: The intent of the zoning ordinance is to provide minimum (comfortable) distances between neighbors, in order to provide adequate light, air, and privacy. Per current zoning. these minimums would result in 40 -foot distances between back -to -back structures Regarding this variance application, owing to the open space between the subject site and our neighbors to the rear, the distance between structures will be 243 feet (clearly this is greatly beyond the 40 -foot distance corresponding to the minimal intent of the ordinance). The property is bordered to the rear by Marlin Park and therefore should not impact the privacy of a neighboring residential property. Trees within the site and within Marlin Park will also help to screen the proposed addition. Accordingly, the proposed addition will not negatively impact light, air or privacy between buildings and will still afford adequate private open space amenities on site The remodeling and addition to the subject residence is within a residential neighborhood where many of the homes were originally setback to 15 feet, and would not be detrimental to the health, safety, or public welfare.