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20 AUGUST 2001 <br />L <br />JUSTIFICATION LETTER <br />VARIANCE FOR: <br />568 KEENE AVE. <br />P.I.D. 02-117-23-31^2 <br />VARIANCE REQUESTED: <br />FOR REDUCTION IN ’ LOT AREA AND SETBACKS. <br />JUSTIFICATION; <br />• THE SITE IN QUESTION IS .52 ACRES AND IS CURRENTLY ZONED LR- <br />IA ^VT^ICH REQUIRES A 2 ACRE MINIMUM LOT AREA. IT IS <br />SURROUNDED BY TWO MOS*aY UNDEVELOPED PUBLIC STREETS <br />AND TWO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PARCELS. THERE IS NO <br />OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE ADDITION.AL PROPERTY TO MEET THE <br />EXISTING 2 ACRE STANDARDS. <br />• THE APPLICATION OF SETBACKS AS DEFINED FOR LR-1A LEAVES A <br />BUILDABLE FOOTPRINT NMIICH IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A <br />RESIDENCE IN KEEPING WITH THE STAND.ARDS OF THE <br />NEIGHBORHOOD. <br />• THE DESIGN AS PRESENTED MEETS THE LOT AREA AND SET BACK <br />STANDARDS FOR '/, ACRE DEVELOPMENT. THE FOOTPRINT IS 15% OF <br />THE LOT AREA AND THE RARD SURFACE COVERAGE IS 28% BOTH <br />WITHIN THE CITY STANDARDS. <br />• THE CITY EXTENDED SEWTR SERVICE IN THE ADJACENT STREETS IN <br />1980 PRESUMABLY IN THE ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE <br />DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. <br />HARDSHIP <br />WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCES REQUESTED THE SITE IS <br />UNBUILDABLE THEREBY DENYING THE OWTsTRTHE BENEFITS OF HIS <br />INVESTMENT. <br />#2710