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C. Hardships and Unique or Mitigating Conditions 1. Lot Width and Area The Newkirks propose to use their present lot, the lot they have occupied since 1999, and has been the site of the present house since 1964, for their newr home. This homesite, containing two platted lots, cannot be expanded to the west due to the Hwy 15 right of way or to the east into the Lake. Table B describes the adjacent lots between the Tanager Lake Bridge and Bracketts Point. TABLE B ADJACENT LOTS AND LR-IA LOT STANDARDS Required Area / sq ft Width 87,120 200 ft 1475 Shoreline 1487 Shoreline 1489 Shoreline 1491 Shoreline 1200 Brackets Pt 46,529 28.317 32,329 48,170 40,293 195,638 4.5 ac 125 ft 132 ft 190 ft Source, Hennepin Countv* Combining the New kirk's non conforming present parcel w ith just the parcel to the north, 1487 Shoreline Dr. (also non conforming), or just the parcel to the south, 1491 Shoreline Dr. (also non conforming), w ould provide the required lot width but would not provide enough additional lot area to create a conforming lot. To create a conforming lot the Newkirks would have to acquire both 1487 and 1491 Shoreline Dr., demolish the homes on those lots, and combine the lots into a single new parcel. It would be a practical if not impossible hardship to require the Newkirks to create a conforming LR-1A lot for their home. The result of granang the variance would be to simply recognize the existing and compatible condition. The continued use of the lot for a newly constructed single family home w ould not introduce or create any new impacts or conflicts at the site nor alter the essential character of the area. The 15% lot cov erage standard is met by the proposed home on the present lot, and the existing relationship of the homes would be maintained. Absent the requested variances to permit rebuilding the home, the 0 to 75 ft coverage will not not be reduced by 519 sf and 100®/o, and the 75 to 250 ft lot coverage will not be reduced by 2019 sf. and 22 %. 2. Side Yards On a lot assumed by the Code and the regulations for the district to be of over 2 acres in area a-nd having a minimum width of 200, the LR-1A requirement of a total of 60 ft of side yard, 30% of the lot. is compatible and reasonable. If the lot is in an area of nvo acre lots, each at least 200 ft wide, this requirement is probably essential to the maintaining the character of that district. 3 IT^'ll III III! I III ----