Exhibit 12 - Applicant's Response to Public CommentsResponse letter to the neighborhood comments about 16497 S. Kennedy Rd.
1.The stone wall above the site is 20ft away from the proposed building site and it is
on the neighbor’s side of the property line. The construction of the new house will
not involve any pile driving or other soil impacts. The biggest tremors will be caused
by the trucks and excavators, which should be relatively minor. In the end, when the
retaining walls and drainage are in place, the new house will actually shore up the
hillside and reduce the long term creep that would endanger the stone wall. And,
after having a discussion with the neighbors I have agreed that adding landscaping
along the stone wall will be a compromise for the neighbors and myself. I will also
take photos of the stone wall prior to beginning to construction and will repair it if
construction from building my home causes the damage to the wall. As for the walls
along the old road that comes up from the intersection of Kennedy Rd. and South
Kennedy Rd, no construction traffic will be using that road, except perhaps to dig the
trenches for the utilities.
2.The size of the house: It is not at the maximum allowed. A good portion of it is below
grade, and is still counted as floor area.
3.The views: As is plainly evident by the story poles, the house does not block
anyone’s view.
4.Fire protection: The house will be built to the latest fire-resistant construction
requirements, and you will be providing a private fire hydrant, which will provide
extra protection for everyone on Vivian Drive. Also, the entrance to Vivian drive will
be enlarged for fire apparatus access, and the lower portion of Vivian drive will be
improved for better traction for the fire trucks. All of this benefits the neighbors at no
cost to them.
5.Screening: The house is barely visible from Vivian Drive and will not be visible from
South Kennedy (or any other public way). The house below is really the only house
affected by the new house, and the new upper floor windows and balconies will be
screened by the mature oak trees on the downhill neighbor’s property (so they have
control over the screening). For the lower level, there will be a line of screen trees
planted to screen the gap between the ground and the underside of the oak canopy.
EXHIBIT 12
P A R C E L M A P
9 5 6 M 3 2
R E C O R D O F S U R V E Y
1 4 9 M 5 3
PARCEL 3 PARCEL 2
PARCEL C PARCEL B
P A R C E L M A P
9 5 6 M 3 2
LOT 1 LOT 2
RETAINING WALL