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4 <br /> At the neighborhood meeting we demonstrated, through drone aerial photography, how the <br /> height of the building will be screened by existing trees from the few neighbors beyond the <br /> wetland in back of the building.The photography showed that the existing trees are taller than <br /> the proposed building thus blocking views. We also proposed to add evergreen trees to provide <br /> a more year round screening. (See Exhibits C-G) <br /> Comparable Height Waivers <br /> We have seen similar height waivers relating to the Orono Woods Senior Living and Stone Bay <br /> Condominiums. Both developments are similar to ours as they utilized the existing topography <br /> to minimize grading impacts and created varied heights. Orono Woods (See Exhibits H1-H4) has <br /> three stories at the main entrance of the building and then drops down to two stories on the <br /> east as the topography rises. An exposed underground garage element was also created as part <br /> of the project. The front of the building also includes a taller architecture element and pitched <br /> gables. Our review of the City's architectural plans found that the front of the building consists <br /> of several elevations. At the garage door location, the top of the roofline is 36 feet. The top of <br /> the roofline at the front entrance is 48 feet, with an additional 10 feet to the top of the tower <br /> for a total height of 58 feet. <br /> Stone Bay Condominiums (Exhibits 11-16) are more closely related to Freshwater as the front is <br /> three stories and then drops toward the back. The side of the building has three stories with an <br /> exposed underground garage element along the base. Stone Bay also abuts up against a <br /> wetland with views from neighboring residential properties. We did not find any architectural <br /> drawings at the City for Stone Bay but with a 3-story front with a pitched roof and a 3-story plus <br /> exposed garage on the side, it appears that Stone Bay is even a taller building than Orono <br /> Woods. <br /> The proposed Freshwater building will have a front of building height of 36 feet and a rear of <br /> building height of 58 feet, 8 inches along the penthouse.The penthouse portion of the building • <br /> will be stepped back from the front building line and located in the northeast corner of the <br /> building.The penthouse roofline will be in line with the height of the Freshwater office building <br /> with a height of 54 feet. By using a flat roof design we matched the roofline of the office <br /> building and minimized the height associated with a pitch roof. <br /> Neighboring Resident Visibility <br /> Not only are the buildings taller at Orono Woods and Stone Bay but the neighboring residents <br /> are closer than our proposed Freshwater building. At Freshwater, our closest neighbor is 383 <br /> feet with the other residents at the respective distances of 706 and 557 feet. The homes <br /> behind Orono Woods are 175, 182 and 263 feet (see Exhibit H4).The closest home at Stone Bay <br /> is 122 feet with minimal screening by trees. (See Exhibit 16). By preserving existing trees and <br /> adding evergreen trees the visual impact to neighboring residents will be minimal and <br /> comparable to other neighborhoods adjacent to business and multi-family zoning districts. <br />