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From: Jeff Kraft [
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 8:24 AM
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Cc: Bell, Kyle; Davidson, Doug
Subject: Response to "The Sierra Club" letter Is this what the Sierra Club does?
Mr. Davidson please forward this to the ARC.
Reference Item 2 ARC meeting March 7`h
Is this what the Sierra Club does?
Mr. Christie,
RECEIVED
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
MAR 0 7 2016
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
You "The Sierra Club" should have your facts correct before you ask for something. First and foremost,
the 40 Buena Vista site is not in an open space zone rather it is the last R-1 property that borders an Open
Space and its property border is the Urban Boundary line. This lot is a legal lot which is not in the open
space, agricultural, or natural zone. The references you make of section 9. 1.1 do not apply to this
property. This project is therefore subject to the Hillside Design Guidelines which do incorporate many
of the same principals and this project is designed to comply with these guidelines.
Asking the ARC to deny exceptions will result in the house becoming more prominent on the
hillside. This house will be the only house on that hillside that is below the ridge -line, following the
Hillside Design Guidelines, even if the height exceptions were denied. As a result, it will be the least
prominent house in the entire neighborhood as all of the other houses are built on the ridge -line. If you,
The Sierra Club, really understood the issues you would know that the height exception actually lower the
house on the hill. My project clearly meets the finding, which are clearly written into the ordinance, by
which a height exception may be granted and there is no reason not to grant the exceptions. This project
is precisely what the exceptions are intended to do it results in a better project by granting the exception
in this case lowering the building on a hillside. The result of not granting the height exception is the
building will be 2 '/z feet higher on the hill. This makes it 9' above the street as opposed to 6' 47.
You ask the ARC to deny the exceptions to maintain the necessary line between developed and
undeveloped land and these exceptions have nothing to do with this. That line is very clear and my
project is on the developed side of the Urban Boundary, I have an approved USE permit to build my
home to confirm this. By your request, "The Sierra Club" is asking the ARC to raise the building 2 '/z
feet and make it more prominent on the hill. Is this what the Sierra Club does?
Please feel free to call me if you would like to discuss this further or look at the plan or model. In light of
these fact I would expect you "The Sierra Club" would encourage the ARC to grant the exceptions as they
produce a project, within the Urban Boundary, which adhere more closely to the Hillside Design
Guidelines and this is what the Sierra Club does?
This may be why I do not belong to the Sierra Club.
Respectfully,
Jeff Kraft LEED AP BD + C, SHP, BPI
5€13-575-5320
ikraft503@gmaii.com
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