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JJ » 'I / <br />''5 •; •• . < <br />^ j ,•*- . *>' ’ * i"'- <br />IIAKDSHIP/I^HSCRIITION OF UNUSUAL PROPFRTY C:ONUmONS <br />AttadiiiKMU <br />TIic subject lot has a vcr> acceptable amount of lake shore--125 feet-but the lot is <br />oUicrwise unusually "short” for having such good frontage on the lake. Applying tfie full <br />lake setback to this lot, with its lack of depth, pushes potential house footprints unusually <br />close to the front of the lot. <br />As the house slides away from the lake and approaches the front third of the lot, two <br />things happen: <br />1) The house gets shoved against, and into, a lovely hill that occupies much of the .front <br />(road or west side) of the lot. This is a funher unusual condition for such a lot. We want <br />to be able to look at this hill, and don't woiit to be in this hill. The hill serves as a good <br />buffer between the hc'se and busy Tonkawa Road. <br />2) Tlie full application of the lake setback puts the home surprisingly close to Tonkawa <br />Road, which is busy and carries fairly high traffic-including school bu.ses and trucks--at <br />certain times of the day. <br />There is a reason that the present home, built decades ago, sits so close to the lake. That <br />reason is that the lot is abnormally "short” and somewhat small for such a nice lot, and <br />the house was built to give it adequate separation from the hill so as to assure egress to <br />the structure. <br />3) The area of the lot not in the lake setback ts limited. Since the land in the lake setback <br />cannot be counted in hard cover calculations, the 25 percent must totally apply to what is <br />left, forcing a smaller home and a significant compromise on our garage and driveway <br />oprions. <br />4) Finally, the busy traffic on Tonkawa Road suggests we have a modest turn around <br />such that neither guests, delivery vehicles or our cars necessitate backing out onto <br />this arterial roadway.