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L <br />m-2f34 <br />Octabtrl(,20«3 <br />fans <br />“The Board or Council may pcnnil as a variance !he temporary use of a one-family dwelling <br />as a two-family dwelling.** <br />Sot Applicable <br />**The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br />property or immediately adjoining property*.** <br />The lot size and location is unique in the neighborhood <br />“The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which said <br />land is located.** <br />The lot size is unusually small for the LR-1C District <br />“The granting of the application is necessary for the preserv ation and enjoyment of a <br />substantial property right of the applicant.” <br />Granting of area and width xariances is necessary to allow continued use for residential <br />purposes. Hardcover and setback variances are not strictly necessary, howeser. since a <br />residence meeting the hardcover and setback requirements could be developed on the <br />property. <br />11. “The granting of the proposed v*ariance will not in any w ay impair health, safety, comfort, <br />morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of the Zoning Code." <br />Granting of the area and width variances to allow a new house on the site will not be <br />contrary to the intent of the Code: but lariances to allow an excessive size house too close <br />to lot lines would have negative neighborhood impacts in terms of maintaining open space <br />in neighborhoods. <br />“The granting of such va.iance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but <br />is necessary* to alleviate demonstrable hardship or dilTiculty.*' <br />Granting of the lot area and width variances is supported by hardship, but variances to <br />allow an excesshe size house or to allow it to be located too close to lot lines would be <br />merely a convenience to the applicant <br />Issues for Consldcratlou <br />1.Does Planning Commission concur w ith staff that the lot is buildabic, given its history of <br />residential use and connections to municipal utilities? <br />What hardship if any has been presented that supports the request for side street setback <br />variances for the house and portico? <br />Since a slightly smaller house could be constructed meeting the 25% hardcover limit, what <br />if any hardships have been presented that support the hardcover variance for a rebuild on the <br />lot? Docs the size of the lot itself constitute a hardship in this case? <br />Should the proposed house be redesigned to reduce or eliminate the degree of hardcover and <br />setback variances?