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Chapter. <br /> Response: N/A <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: N/A <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 /> Response: N/A <br /> 8. The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br /> property or immediately adjoining property. <br /> Response: The special conditions are peculiar to such a property or immediately adjoining property: <br /> As it is not uncommon on for boathouses to be different shapes and sizes, it is peculiar for a small <br /> corner of a boathouse to be on the adjoining property. <br /> 9. The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which <br /> said land is located. <br /> Response: N/A <br /> 10. The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a <br /> substantial property right of the applicant. <br /> Response: N/A <br /> 11. The granting of the proposed variance will not in any way impair health, safety, <br /> comfort, morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of the Zoning Code. <br /> Response: Granting of the variances will not impair health, safety, comfort, morals, or be contrary to <br /> the intent of the zoning code: <br /> Granting of the variances will improve the safety and enjoyment on the property, as it will replace an <br /> older deteriorating home as well as unsafe existing landscaping and pavers. <br /> Granting of the variances will also naturally allow more parking on the owner?s property, as opposed <br /> to on Casco Point Road, a busy thoroughfare, which increases the safety of residents in the area. <br /> 12. The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant <br /> but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty. <br /> Response: Granting of the variances will not serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is <br /> necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty: <br /> Granting of the hardcover and structural cover is necessary to alleviate the difficulty in working with a • <br /> substandard lot. The minimum lot area for the LR-1C zone is 21,780 square feet, or .5 acres. This <br /> property is 12,851 square feet. If the lot was a standard size for the zone, we would be able to have <br /> up to 5,445 square feet of hardcover and 4,356 square feet of structural coverage. Our proposed <br />