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<br />Excessive noise Impacts (N) <br /> <br />Nt. Excessive noise from building-related equipment. New infill has exterior <br />machinery or venting (e.g., heat pump, Ale compressor, gas furnace powered <br />vent) that emits excessive noise nearby an existing dwelling's windows or yard. <br /> <br />See VPS: (this impact wastl't included) <br /> <br />N2. Excessive noise from parking and/or driveway traffic adjacent to existing <br />dwelling or backyard. Vehicle traffic associated with new infilJ creates <br />excessive noise for cars driving or parking on property. <br /> <br />Note: See also Tl. <br /> <br />See VPS: 3 -Parking and Garages. <br />Note, however, the VPS memo doesn't discuss this specific impact. <br /> <br />Traffic, parking, and pedestrian safety impacts (T) <br /> <br />See VPS: 3 - Parking and Garages and 6 - Landscape and Pedestrian Realm <br />Note, however, the VPS memo doesn't fully cover the impacts listed here and <br />omits T3 altogether. <br /> <br />Tl. Parking or excessive driveway surface in front of structure (i.e., between <br />structure and street), or excessive curb cut. These practices degrade pedestrian <br />safety and the walking appeal of the affected side of the block. <br /> <br />T2. Excessive, poorly located, and/or poorly screened on-site parking. When <br />an excessive amount of a property is used for parking, or the parking is poorly <br />located and/or inadequately screened, it degrades adjacent properties' immediate <br />surroundings. <br /> <br />See also VPS: 5 - Relationship to Street and Building Fa~ade. <br /> <br />T3. Excessive alley traffic due to alley-access parking for multi-unit in fill. <br />The cumulative effect of multiple units on a single alley block can lead to <br />excessive alley traffic, which creates noise, dust, and pedestrian safety impacts. <br /> <br />Note: As identified in T I, parking should be in the rear or setback to the side of <br />single~family and multi~family infill. However, multi-unit apartments that have <br />aJley~access parking can lead to excessive alley traffic. Mitigating this impact can <br />be accomplished in some cases by driveway access to interior parking. (But note <br />N2.) In other cases, the best solution may be to limit the number of multi-family <br />garage and parking spaces accessible from each alley block <br /> <br />Appearance or aesthetic impacts <br /> <br />This category covers the aesthetic or "style" characteristics of a structure and <br />associated driveway/garage/parking, particularly in relationship to the <br />surrounding structures. This includes things like placement of the dwelling and <br />garage on the lot, roof styles, relationship to the street, setbacks, etc. Most of this <br />type of consideration is purely a question of "Does this structure fit in with the <br />area visually." <br /> <br />November 1. 2005 <br /> <br />Chambers Revisited - Neighbors' Report <br /> <br />25 <br />