My dream house is where I would buy a small house on a relatively small lot. Then I would overbuild on it, alienating my neighbors and making enemies of them. Then I would build an elevated sanctuary so I could see into their yards. ("Commission asks couple on Glenn Ave. to work with neighbors, Dec. 14.")

Since these plebeian neighbors might complain about privacy, I would plant a lot of trees on the remaining small piece of my back yard, shading the yards around me. The neighbors would now have to relandscape their established yards to plant shade-tolerant foliage. This would cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, but these whiners would have their privacy.

Yea .... this is my idea of a dream house.

Good for the planning commission to go out and look at the situation. Nothing helps a decision more than firsthand observation. I applaud the commission sending the matter back to the neighbors. It worked on Glenwood Avenue.

What the heck is neo-French eclectic: new, rude and throw in everything but the kitchen sink?

Patrick Coleman

Willow Glen

In a Dec. 21 story "Skylark development needs a more compatible design," the article stated that normally a maximum of 25 homes can be constructed on a site less than 2 acres. The maximum number of homes in the article was incorrect because the rules applying to this project have to do with the General Plan designation and not the development's density.