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i021 .DOLLARS PL 8. 10. 11. o T%.t >•5 DESCRIBE REQUEST. First, request variance to add bay window to north side of house extending house out 2 feet beyond present eave and 8 feet wide, for an additional 16 sq. ft. of hardcover in an area where one corner of proposed addition would be 75 feet from lake, but other corner of proposed addition would be only 65 feet from lake. The encroachment within the 75 foot limit would therefore amount to only about 8 sq. ft. Second, request variance to cover previously screened porch which would add an additional 267 sq. ft. of hardcover in an area within 75 feet of lake. UNUSUAL PROPERTY CONDITIONS. This lot is over 1 acre in size including wetland; the high ground excluding the wetland is over 1/2 acre. The house is about 2,600 sq. ft. in size all according to the survey attached. The lot area covered by the house is only 5.3% of the entire lot area and is only 11.4% of the high ground excluding the wetland. Therefore the size of the lot compared to the high ground is very small at 11.4% compared to the 25% permitted let cover in Zone LR-IA at the distances of 75 feet to 250 feet from the lake. Because of the peninsular characteristic of this land, no portion of the land is more than 250 feet from the lake; but also because of the configuration of the peninsula, much of the land is within 75 feet of the Jake. The additions requested of 16 sq. ft. and 267 sq. ft. increase the hardcover percentage from 11.4% to only 12.6%. This house was built in approximately 1947 and so the general condition with regard to this house and its proximity to the lake has been in existence for many, many years. Were this property and this house configured in a more normal circumstance, there would be no difficulty whatsoever in meeting any of the setback requirements. See example attached. UNDUE HARDSHIP or PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY. As with many older lake houses, this one was built at a time when houses were very small. This house has been rented for a number of years by the present owner and its substandard interior dimensions were not clearly known to him. The house is only a 3-bedroom house with a small two car garage, living room, kitchen, and diriing nook. The purpose of the addition to the north side of the house is to expand the dining nook from a size which in reality only allows two people to eat in the dining area to one which would allow six people to eat in the dining area. The nev; hardcover beyond the existing eave is only 16 sq. ft. A porch which does not have an impermeable roof is just a great nuisance because porch furniture cannot be left on the porch - a real chore as a practical matter. It is ® hardship to require them to carry in and out porch furniture cushions each time they wish to use the porch. The owner proposes that the run-off from a roof over the screen porch be channeled into a sump or cistern conti'^uous to the house to be held in the sump and only released therefrom slowly such that as a practical matter there would be no substantial increase in the __rvf__TLlirL —jnHFjf __oJF __rvaJuri __UfjaJh_£>jr__irjrs_________________________________________________