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2. 3. 4. 5. The property is located in the LR - IB, One Family Lakeshore Residential District, which requires a minimum lot area of one (1) acre. The applicant’s property is 0.527 acres in area. The Planning Commission reviewed this application at public hearings held on January 20, 2004 and February 17, 2004 and recommended approval of the hardcover and average lakeshore setback variances based on the following findings: a. The property is 0.527 acres in size where the zoning district requires 1 acre. b. The existing deck has rotted and is in need of repair. c. The property contains 40.45% hardcover in the 75’-250 ’ zone where 25% is normally allowed and the applicant is proposing to reduce that hardcover by 183 square feet. d. The four (4) foot encroachment into the average lakeshore setback will not obstruct any views to the lake as the neighbor to the north sits much higher in elevation and the neighbor to the south doesn ’t have any views over the applicant’s property to due changing topography. The City Council has considered this application including the findings and recommendation of the Planning Commission, repons by City staff, comments by the applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed variances on the health, safety and welfare of the community. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property arc peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variances would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. Page 2 of 6