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To: Permit Service Center. Appeal Board
633 E .Broadway, RmlOl, Glendale, CA 91206
From: Gregory Mgerian
2060 Buckingham Place, Glendale, CA 91206
Re: Projected Remodeling Construction at 2064 Buckingham Place, Glendale, CA
91206 CASE NUMBER: 2-PDR-1301725-A
Dear Members ofBoard,
My family has been living in this hillside neighborhood (RlR-ill zoning) for 15 years
now. Our home is a 2370sq. ft, two story single family house located at the curve ofthe
cul-de-sac (2060 Buckingham place). The average house size in our area is
approximately 2200 sq. ft. The majority are one story houses, and some are 2-story.
These homes were built in 1963-1966 in a simple ranch style. If you look at that area, it is
easy to notice that the house sizes and number of stories were carefully ananged with
consideration, allowing each home to benefit fi·om the nice canyon landscape, open
mountain or canyon view with enough sun, space and privacy for all the residents.
The points of concern affecting om· household and neighborhood are as follows:
The planned remodeling of our neighbor's house (2064 Buckingham place) from a
2011 sq. ft. home to about 4000 sq.ft. (3400 sq. ft. habitable) mansion will:
o Completely block sunlight to all our bedroom windows located on the west side
of the house, (none of our rooms have windows facing any other direction, as a
privacy measure for the tenants in the next house over).
(i Completely block the current perspective of the valley from any window in our
house, which will result in a significantly diminished property value. All we will
see is our neighbors' walJs.
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The new design is about three feet taller than the previous design thus
making it too bulky.
The points of concern affecting our ueighborhood are as follows:
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New project will dismpt of modest neighborhood style where the majority ofthe
homes are of ranch style and average 2200sq feet total.
Loss of major part of valley sight for homes located on the north side ofthe block
C) It is not a "modest" remodeling. There is change from 2030 sq. ft. to over 4000 sq.
ft. (3400 sq. ft. habitable) and addition of 2nd floor.
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