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5. I I' ■ &*^/h shape of the lot reduces the area of the lot in the 75’-250’ zone. The actual buUdable area, within the 75’-250’ zone, comprises a relatively small proportion of the total lot area. Since the plight of die landowner is due to the circumstances \mique to diis property and were not created by the landowner we feel that strict enforcement of die ordmance would cause undue hardship we request a hardcover variance to build our proposed home. We are very sensitive to the enviroi»niental impact of a new house on a lakeficmt property, especialty in regards to hardcover and preservation of lakefinont For that reason, we are eliminating more than 2,000 square feet of existing hardcover in the 0’- 75* zone near die lake. (2,000 square feet is larger than die footprint of our proposed house) Those existing structures shall be demolished and be replaced by vegetaUon. All of our new structure shall be within die 75’-250’ £cnc of die lot. The overall existing hardcover on this double lot is over 5,000 square feet. We are proposing 3,598 square feet of total hardcover, for a reduction of hardcover of oyer 1,400 square feet (about the size of asmal* home). Our total hardcover is a significant reduction over exUtinp conditions. Because of our sensitivity to planning and environmental concerns, we have already met several times with planning staffand reduced the size of our house fiom the ori^nal plans we discussed. We feel that now our home plans have been reduced to a minimum. Granting us diis variance for site configuration hardship will significantly improve the drainage and ecology of the lakefiront and allow' us to biuld the home that we need for our funily. 1 3 . *—"’A ^ a 4i‘“ ■■■■ - «■■■' 7r:^