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8.A. - Page 390 <br /> St��n���t oa��i r Ave�ue Aes�et�es <br /> I a�t a Fin�erAvenue resldenc or nelghbor,who walks,blcycles ar ntherwise en�oys the <br /> f�fnger Avenue strEeCscape,[have seen the plans for the McGowan t�fne-lot developi�ent, <br /> and cancfude that itwill substat�tially degrade tlte existing vfsual ChA�•�cEerattd quality af <br /> t�ie site and its sttrroundings, <br /> Wliat is important aesthetfcaily abaut rny nefghborhood is�I�e seml•rurak characCer of the <br /> �orCi�sfde nf Finger Avenc�e,with n�any hames set Far back from ti�e str�et,The appear�nce <br /> oF�aige amvunts oFopen�pace wfth tnat��re,old growth tre�s,p�•ovides a scrlking�ackdrop <br /> to the�tom�s.'Che cantrast betwcen the north s9de of F#nger Avenue and�cs south sids,with <br /> its ntany qi�atnt,early�Or�'ceutury bungalows and coCtages,is somethtng that's uniqus ta <br /> Itedavaad C[ty and treas�rcd by its residezyts. <br /> 8xamples of I�aw the FJ�tger Avenue Pt•oJect sigrilficantly degradss the a�stl�stics of our <br /> neighbo��haad are: <br /> � Coc�structian of two hames witl�wlde twa-stoiy facades set}�ack tl�e minimu�n <br /> aliowable dtstanca f�am tl�e street.There are no ho�tses Ctlat�at�ge set that close to <br /> the screet a�ywhere In our neighborhood, <br /> . Afawl�ere else on Finger Aveiitte are hotnes this lat�ge piace�o�y lats th�s srnall, <br /> � AIl of the hatnes are aFsi�nilar sixs and all twa•story,as opposed to the mix of hartae <br /> s�zes aiad heights t)�at are re}�yesenCative af tlye north side of Fi��gei•Avenue. <br /> r Mast of these nine hnmes will!�e vlewable Froni the public street,7'he��is�ittle opsn <br /> space��d tlie I�oit�es ai-e only set bacic a smaI!distanc�fra�t�ti�e rtarrow that ser�es <br /> thern(so�ne fram 3ft�Gft Prarn the alleyway,] Now�aera tn aur neighbaHrand are <br /> houses slkuated in this fashion <br /> + A dev�lop�nent khis detase�y paciced is incor��patible with the pr�sence of iarge <br /> mature tre�s on the site.T�i�eventttal toss oF khese trees will l�e ia�reversible. <br /> . The breakup oF the na�•tl�sicle of�'In�er Ave,bq rreatia�g two new intersectlnns.Tli� <br /> narrow alieyway built for the development Fails to iRitegrate wtttt#�inge�Avei�ue by <br /> i�at t�sving a siciewalk or�lanting strlp against the roadway. <br /> o '�he one-waq alleyway wi�l req��re stre�t sig�is on Finger Ave to direct traf'f�c, <br /> furt�er carnpramising the charac[er oFthe��ot'tlt s�de oFtl�e s[reat. <br /> Tl�e overall mass anci s�ate oFthis development fs campletely aut�Pplace ir�aur <br /> �ielghbarhaad,out of character for tlie t�arth sEde oF Finger Avenue anci i�wl41 o3�ly lead to <br /> further degradat[o��of the unique�haract�r and quallty af our street. <br /> V"t�,'L..1a=V� �-��"`l,�vJ <br /> tvame . 1,��-�'..�-�c��,Gt ��G{�r,�-� <br /> (I <br /> Address � � ����;•ti �� Date ' ��� <br /> 1 <br />