AP/TPD 26-0029 — 139 7th Street

Said he learned of the project only a week before, called the house huge, and raised privacy, sight lines, fire-safety access gaps, demolition dust/asbestos, and whether the ADU will actually house locals.

Urged the board to preserve the Retreat's Victorian character, saying the modern house is too large and intrusive on neighbors.

Said her 1920 house is already hemmed in by 'monster' homes with no privacy, and argued the proposed house is too big with only one garage parking space.

The owner said her large family needs the space, the project stays within zoning rules including the state-mandated ADU, and they want to be good neighbors.

The rear neighbor said the house will loom over her property with no privacy, questioned whether the old cottage should have been on the historic inventory, and flagged a similar Carmel project by the same developers.

An adjacent owner of 50 years called the six-bedroom project 'pure commercial' and said no one from the development team talked to any of the neighbors.