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ATTACHMENT TO THE APPLICATION OF RAY AND NYLENE NEWKIRK 1489 SHORELINE DRI\’E A. The Proposal The Newkirks propose to demolish the home at 1489 Shorelhe Dr. they have lived in since 1999 and build a new home on the site. As they considered the altemadves of a major reno\*atioD of the home on its present foundation, or, building a new home with basically the same footprint, they of course considered the economics of each alternative. The decision was tipped by an outside factor, the noise from Shoreline Drive / County Road 15. With new construction they could most effectively create barriers to the noise; thicker, better insulated wtalls, brick and other reflective finishes, special sound dampening windows and glass, and most importantly, they could use the design of the home to mitigate the noise from the roadway. The interior plan of the hone could be changed to use the garage to buffer the master bedroom and cluster the most active areas of the home in the iitner most parts of the home. The new home is larger than the Newkirk’s present home, bu: is no: atypical or unanticipated for its lakefront location. And, as the Newkirks made their choices abcu: ±e new home, they held a priority for maintaining the e.xisting relationship of the present home with their neighbors in the new home. As a new home rather than a renovation, the Newkirks have the responsibility to comply with the present regulations on this previously developed site. To allow their new home to be constructed they will require three variances. B. The Requested Variances The requested variances are: 1. To reduce the required LR-1A lot area from 87.120 sf to 31.118 sf and lot width from 200 ft to 132 ft to recognize this e.xisting. but non coniorming homesite. 2. To reduce the required side yard setbacks 30 ft to 21 ft c.-. the north and to 15 ft on the south to generally recognize and maintain the e.xisting. though non conforming, side yards and relationship of the present ar.d new home and the homes of the neighbors. 3. To increase the allowed percentage of impen ious surface in the 75 to 250 ft area from 25% to 34.1%, a reduction from the present 43.6? s coverage in that area. The exact dimensions of these requested variances and the ccmpa.-:son of the present and. proposed homes follow as Table A.