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The variance will not impair health, safety, comfort or morals. <br />12. The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, <br />but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable hardship or difficulty. <br />The variance for locating the garage in front of the principal structure is necessary to <br />alleviate hardship. The significant topography inhibits construction of the garage <br />elsewhere on the lot. The variances for height and side yard setback would merely serve <br />as conveniences to the applicant as the garage could easily be reconfigured and <br />redesigned to meet these requirements. <br />Issues <br />Due to the lot width being 20 feet less than the zoning district minimum standard and the <br />location of the house, it is not possible to build the garage on the relatively level north <br />side yard. <br />2. <br />3, <br />The rear and south side yards have significant downhill slopes away from the street. <br />Some large trees have already been removed. It appears that Cottonwoods, which are not <br />considered to be a desired species were removed. <br />The rojirnce was constructed prior to 1960. In 1972 the property was connected to city <br />sewer. In 1978 permits were issued for a well and for fire repairs. In 1989 permits were <br />issued for reroofing the house, reroofing and residing a shed and a mechanical permit. A <br />stop work order was placed on the reroofing of the house as work began prior to <br />obtaining a permit. There have been no previous variances or conditional use permits <br />granted. <br />5.A non-conforming 12.30' by 12.47' shed exists near the street within the required front <br />vard setback. <br />U2270 Marcia and Kenneth Hickey <br />4640 Tonkaview Lane <br />8/18/97 <br />Page 5