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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 ha\ e occupied since 1999, and has been the site of the present house since 1964. for their new home. This homesite, containing two pUtted lots, cannot be expanded to the west due to the Hw> 15 right of wtiv or to the east into the Lake. Table B describes the adjacent lots between the fanager Lake Bridge and Bracketts Point. TABLE B ADJACE.NT LOTS A.ND LR-IA LOT STANDARDS Area / sq ft >k idth Required 87.120 200 ft 1475 Shoreline 46,529 1487 Shoreline 28.317 1489 Shoreline 32.329 1491 Shoreline 48.170 1200 Brackets Pt 40.293 195.638 4.5 ac 125 ft 132 ft 190 ft Source. Hennepin County Combining the Newkirk's non conforming present parcel with 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), would 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-IA lot for their home. The result of granting the variance w ould be to simply recognize the existing an J compatible condition. The continued use of the lot for a newly constructed single family home would not introduce or create any new impacts or conflicts at the site nor alter the essential character of the area. The 15*^ 0 lot coverage standard is met by the proposed home on the present lot. and the e.xisting relationship of the homes w ould 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 I00“/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 and having a minimum width of200, the LR-IA 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