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PC <br /> Exhibit B <br /> PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION FORM <br /> LA22-000034 <br /> • <br /> 1. The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not <br /> permitted by the Zoning Chapter. <br /> Response: The property owner is proposing to use the property in a reasonable manner but the <br /> configuration and location of the existing amenities is such that their reconstruction and replacement <br /> do not meet the standards of the Zoning Code. <br /> 2. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br /> by the landowner. <br /> Response: The extremely lengthy lake setback of the adjacent home to the immediate west <br /> establishes a setback line that makes the existing and proposed amenities nonconforming <br /> 3. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. <br /> Response: Because the proposed encroachments of the average setback line are essentially <br /> replacing existing very similar encroachments, no impact to the character of the neighborhood will <br /> result. Walls have been on this property since the early 1980's used to retain the hillside. <br /> 4. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties if reasonable use <br /> for the property exists under the terms of the Zoning Chapter. <br /> Response: The average setback encroachments are a factor unique to this property because of the • <br /> unusually large lake setback of the neighboring property to the west. <br /> Economics is not the reason for the change. It is needed to retain soil and land from washing into the <br /> lake or down the hill. <br /> 5. Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight <br /> for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as <br /> defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 1163.06, Subd. 2, when in harmony with this <br /> Chapter. <br /> Response: This condition is not applicable <br /> 6. The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any <br /> use that is not allowed under this Chapter for property in the zone where the affected <br /> person's land is located. <br /> Response: This condition is not applicable, as the use for a single family home with stairs for lake <br /> access is an allowed use in the LR-1B District. <br /> 7. The Board or Council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family <br /> dwelling as a two-family dwelling. <br /> 1111 <br /> Response: This condition is not applicable. <br /> 8. The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br />