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President Oxian gave his opinion that if a flange is added to one side, it should be done on the other side. Commissioner Bullene commented it was dependent on right turns and left turns. Marsha Stevenson pointed out it would actually be more advantageous to have the flange the other way. President Oxian clarified the reason he said that was if the flange is only on one side, it looked like you were doing it for spite, but if it was done on both sides, there would be equal reasons for it. Mr. Talley replied one side was already done in concrete and if they put a flange on the other side it would be wider than the curb cut. President Oxian noted they would be turning left to come into the driveway. Mr. Talley replied he backs his car in. President Oxian tried to clarify the direction from which Mr. Talley would be coming and inquired if the reason they were not putting a flange in on the other side is because they were never going to enter the drive from the north. Mr. Talley inquired if President Oxian meant his putting brick in. President Oxian responded affirmatively. Mr. Talley commented there was no reason to put brick in on the other side because no one was disputing the other boundary. Commissioner Bullene asked if the driveway flared on the other side. Mr. Talley replied that it did, but not to the extend that it does on the East side. Mr. Talley noted it wouldn't look like a flare had the ori;inal concrete work been done as intended because there would have been two 90 degree angles where the apron hit the ribbon. Marsha Stevenson requested to speak. She noted she lived in the same block and her opinion was the driveway had not had the large flange and that she was rather surprised when she had seen the forms. Mr. Talley reiterated he had applied for a COA that he had deemed in-kind for the same land mass that was covered in concrete, brick and patio block with one sheet of concrete, and now they were coming back to ask if they could complete the original COA request in brick because they only had two options. He explained to be in compliance with the original COA, they would have to tear up the ramp because the small triangular section would not be structurally sound. The only other option he saw was to complete the project with another material, which they were requesting to be brick. Commissioner Bullene commented there was a third choice which would be to leave it alone and restore the grass. Mr. Talley responded this was not a choice because fie had a letter from the Real Estate Agent indicating the land mass was the same, and the City Engineers Office agreed with that, but could not be that specific. Mr. Talley stated what his neighbors were contesting was already there. Mr. King disagreed. Mr. Talley requested that the Commission refer to his photographs and stated the 4-6 tall bushes evident in the photos were planted two owners ago at .1081 Riverside Drive, and by the measurements from the two hundred dollar survey, were 14" in on the 1081 side of the property line. Mr. Talley further commented that information on the deed from 1077 Riverside Drive, their property line extends 5' toward 1081 Riverside Drive. He had measured this and that was the rope that was visible in the photographs he had supplied to the Commission. He further stated this was not the issue at hand. President Oxian agreed that the only issue before the Commission was the triangular part of the driveway approach. Mr. Duvall confirmed what was being contested was the prior condition and admitted when someone comes in to the Commission office with something as straight forward as an in-kind replacement of a driveway apron, the Staff presumes that it is straight forward and supplies such a Certificate of Appropriateness. He added he had no idea that this was going to become a pointed issue. He assessed the issue in this case was whether the driveway approach had been wider than the straight forward straight out shot before the