September 22, 2011

Mr. Wunner stated that his report explains how they tried to fit the house in the existing area and Chairman Neuer asked that his report be marked as Exhibit A-2. Mr. Wunner went on to say that the house fits in with the existing houses in the neighborhood and the height is in the back of the house and cannot be seen. He stated that the walk out basement caused them to be in violation of the code. Chairman Neuer asked Mr. Wunner to state for the record that his report says that the house fits in with the neighborhood; there are similar houses to the one Mr. Slomack is having built; that it would be a hardship to reconstruct the house and that Mr. Slomack took all of the necessary steps to get permits. Mr. Buechler asked what the heights of the other houses were in the neighborhood. Mr, Wunner stated that it would be impossible for him to measure the height of other houses but some appeared to look higher than Mr. Slomack’s house. Mr. Buechler asked Mr. Slomack if he is still working with the same architect. Mr. Slomack replied that they are not working with him but they do speak to him. He stated that the only reason they chose him as the architect is because he is from the area and they figured he knew the regulations. Mr, Slomack stated they now have a project manager. There were no members of the public that wanted to speak. Chairman Neuer asked if there were any questions or comments. Ms. Borg stated that she agrees with their planner. Mr. Buechler stated that the applicant went to Town Hall to get building permits and, through no fault of the applicant, got short changed from the contractor. He stated that exhibit A-2 shows that the criteria was met and even though they took the roof down two feet it still never complied. Mr. Buechler made a motion that the Board approves this application with no conditions. Mr. Sussman stated that the house was beautiful and with the size of the lot, the scale of the house will have very little impact on the neighborhood. Mr. Steinhart seconded it. The vote was as follows: Bullock: Yes Steinhart: ‘Yes Gabry: Yes Sussman: Yes Chairman Neuer: ‘Yes Weiss: Yes Quentzel: - Buechler: Yes 11