Florence Park NCO-2

Asked the commission to amend the 12-foot driveway width rule for corner lots, saying he can't access a two-car garage under the setback math, and warned of inconsistent variances across 100-plus corner lots.

Worried the 12/12 roof pitch requirement will affect his planned remodel of his 1928 home, one of 35-plus homes on two streets with lower pitches.

Asked for an 18-foot driveway width instead of 12, and questioned the 12/12 roof pitch rule for future porch covers.

Read a statement that the Florence Park Neighborhood Association board unanimously supports the overlay, citing years of public meetings and resident input.

Said the goal is stopping teardowns of houses in rows for 6,000-square-foot replacements that don't match the neighborhood.

A TU design professor, credited the neighborhood's architecture and porch-lined streets with the social cohesion she's found there, and strongly endorsed the overlay.

A 30-year resident who proposed the porch requirement, said it preserves the historic cottage character and blocks McMansions; noted many neighbors assumed roof pitch would be grandfathered.