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Kathy An Owner of 108 Flying Cloud Isle Foster City I received the news that 116 Flying Cloud Isle, the neighbor had a plan to build a new 2 story building and getting approval from city and neighbors. In late Janurary. I went to the city, and the city staff gave me some instructions. The Neighbor gave me some plan informations too. Our main concern is the sunlight blocking from the east side, which will affect the kitchen and a bedroom, which is now used as an office. We recorded the timeline for the sunlight coming into the windows of the 2 rooms the last week of January, and the sunlight coming in at 8:08am, and disappears at 11:15am. The 2nd set of time line of sunlight we recorded on 4/15/2026, the sun light coming in from kitchen window at 7:29am, and disappeared at 9:22am(sunlight over the roof eve) . I asked the neighbor to provide more information to prove that the new building will not cause a lot of sunlight losing for our property. But we didnt get the information until recently, so we didn't record anything on 3/21/2026, which can match the proposed plan required the dates. However, from the 2 recording sunlight data, the 4/15 recording, which is close to 3/21, the proposed sunlight and shade diaphragm shows that on 3/21, at 9:15am , the shade from the new building still covers ⅘ of our windows, only one thin strip of top of the windows getting sunlight, if the sunlight disappears at 9;22am, only less than 10 minutes sunlight the room will get. 7;29-9:22am , the whole sunlight time is less than 2 hours, and the proposed diagram only shows 9 am, 12 pm and 3 pm. From City solar guideline below, B, no 2 , the plan didn’t show when the adjacent house currently receive direct sunlight. 7. How many hours of sunlight are lost at each season. The plan only showed from 9 am, not from the time we start to get the sunlight. Also , according to city solar guideline part C, no 3, for spring time, the sunlight lost will be very significant, close to 100%. I can’t approve this plan unless i see the evidence which can convince me. Sincerely Kathy An City solar guidlings. B. Assessment Questions for Solar Impact Review In each case, the following questions would be asked in order to develop a neutral set of data regarding the likely solar impacts of a project on adjacent property: 1. From which direction does the adjacent house receive direct sunlight? 2. When does the adjacent house currently receive direct sunlight? 3. Will the addition create ANY loss of sunlight to ANY window of an adjacent house? 4. If yes, what room(s) will be impacted (i.e. kitchen, living room, bedroom, etc.)? 5. Which season(s) of the year is there an impact? 6. During each season with an impact, what hours of the day will the sunlight be lost? 7. How many hours of sunlight are lost at each season? 8. How many hours of direct sunlight will be retained at each impacted season, and at what approximate time of day is this? Q:\ C. Thresholds of Significance These thresholds of significance shall be considered as "guidelines" and not performance standards or "rules." They are intended to provide direction to staff when evaluating a room addition's potential impacts to an adjacent property and they are intended to be flexible so staff recommendations and City Council/Planning Commission decisions can be weighed by a specific judgement relative to its evaluation of each proposed property improvement. The City Council and Planning Commission shall continue to have the discretion to approve room additions and evaluate solar impacts on a case-by-case basis. 1. If an addition completely eliminates all direct sunlight to any high-use living space in an adjacent house 2. If an addition reduces more than 2 hours of direct sunlight to a high-use living space (living/family room or kitchen), or if it reduces more than 4 hours of direct sunlight to a low-use space (bedroom, but not including bathroom) 3. If an, addition reduces the amount of time that an adjacent house's window receives direct sunlight by more than 50% at any season where an impact occurs (requires a comparison of the hours that a window receives direct sunlight in an existing and proposed condition) Q:\
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