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Letter View Exhibit B PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION FORM LA21-000052 . The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the Zoning Chapter. Response: The use is permitted 2. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the landowner. Response: Yes: The properties along Crystal Bay Road are old plats that typically pre-date contemporary zoning and thus many of them have required variances to make changes 3. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. Response: No 4. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties if reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the Zoning Chapter. Response: The variances are necessary to virtually do anything with the current site. 5. Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 1163.06, Subd. 2, when in harmony with this Chapter. *sponse: As stated the challenges stem from the fact that this neighborhood was established before *sponse: zoning. Changes become very difficult because many of the lots are substandard and - many cases - need severe relief to make changes. 6. The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any use that is not allowed under this Chapter for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located. Response: The use is allowed 7. The Board or Council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling as a two-family dwelling. Response: Remains a single family home 8. The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property. Response: Yes. Many of the properties along this road have required variances 9. The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which said land is located. Response: Yes. The restrictions on this lot a very similar most of the other sites along Crystal Bay Road. The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant. file:///C/Users/loakden/Downloads/Practical%20Difficulties%20Documentation%20Form%20(9).htm[8/12/2021 1:44:51 PM]