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PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION <br />KEN AND SHERALYN SADDLER <br />2756 ETHEL AVENUE PC Exhibit D <br />1. The property owner is proposing to use the property in a reasonable manner, but the size of the lot is <br />below the minimum lot size standards of the zoning code. <br />2. The plight of the property owner is due to the substandard lot size. The lot size was determined many <br />years ago, before current zoning codes and before the current structure was built in 2016. A different, <br />smaller structure occupied the lot prior to 2016. The builder of the current structure conformed to the <br />hardcover restrictions of the zoning code for the substandard lot by maximizing utilization of the 25% <br />hardcover allowance available for substandard lots. The current property owners purchased the home <br />unaware of the 25% hardcover limit and now wish to improve the backyard area requiring an <br />approximate allowance of 30% hardcover, which is consistent with the Tier 2 area of the Casco Point <br />neighborhood. <br />3. All adjoining lots are designated Tier 2, which allows 30% hardcover. <br />4. Economic considerations are not a factor. <br />5. NIA <br />6. Already in use as a single-family residence, which is permitted in LR -1C. <br />7. N/A <br />8. The hardcover restrictions applying to this property are similar to those of other adjoining properties. <br />9. The standards applicable to this property apply to all properties in the immediate area however, to allow <br />30% hardcover for this property requires a variance for lot area and width. <br />10, The prop" rights of the owner will be diminished if the variance is not granted, as the residence built <br />in 2016 does not have the 30% hardcover allowance of neighboring similar -sized lots, <br />11. Granting of the variance would not in any way impair health, safety, comfort, or morals and would not <br />be contrary to the zoning code. <br />12. Granting of the variance will alleviate a practical difficulty by allowing the property owner to improve the <br />usefulness of the backyard area to the same standards as other properties in the 'immediate <br />neighborhood. <br />FEB 0 9 2017 <br />0% Aft 0% <br /># 31) U 1) CITY OF ORONO <br />