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• Irf - - i' 1 4 • I HARDSHIP/DESCRIPTION OF UNUSUAL PROPERTY CONDITIONS 1. Safety concerns: we currently have a very small concrete steps and landing to the main entrance of our house. Neither the steps or the land has a railing. The steps are very steep with little depth (only two 9 inch steps to the landing). The new porch would have 4 steps to the landing The current landing is small (38 inches by 58 inches) and allows little room for entering the house especially with grocery bags or other items. The^^e is no place to set anything down while you open the outside door and unlock the inside door. My wife’s father. A.B. (BUD) TYLER JR., who is 84 years old lives with us the year around, and has difficulty with the stairs. We leave early in the morning for work, and worry about him leaving and returning from the house on his own to go to senior citizens. We really worry about his getting the door unlocked and maneuvering into the house in the winter (landing is not covered and there is only 12 inches between the door and the edge of the landing). 2. We are unable to safely use the side entrance to our house. The steps leading to the side entrance landing, the railing and the side entrance landing itself would not meet safety code requirements. We simply don’t use it. The new porch would extend around the north comer of the house and connect to the current side entrance landing, and would meet code standards. This would provide us with another safe entrance to our house. 3. Unfortunately, our house Is on a smaller lot. We have no chance of purchasing more property on either side of our home. Fortunately, both of our adjacent neighbors have larger lots. 4. Both adjacent neighbors (Terry and Gretchen Blount, Tom and Ann Wilbur) are aware of our request to add a porch, the porch plans/drawing, and the reasons why we want to add the porch. Please see attached letters from Mr. and Mrs. Blount and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur.