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of other homes in this neighborhood and are a reasonable improvement for this <br />area. The home location on the lot, initiated by a request from the City to move <br />the home away from the public utilities, has caused the necessary request of this <br />variance. <br />12. "The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to <br />the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty." <br />The applicant owner has designed the home to fit around demonstratable <br />difficulties. The public utilities that serve this area run along the none lakeside in <br />a unique driveway easement and cross the property to the south side. <br />The crossing of these utilities along the south portion of the lot provided a <br />challenge and did demonstrate difficulties that we have addressed through <br />floorplan design (i.e. contained to a two car garage and putting the additional <br />outside storage stacked under this area and reduction in size of a porch on the <br />north side of the home to protect a large tree). We also considered the house <br />location to best blend the topography changes with the surrounding properties. <br />