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Practical Difficulties  <br />•(2) Inherited these problems, we did not create them <br />•(2) Due to unmitigated erosion and lack of any upkeep, drainage was being <br />directed toward foundation walls of the deck rather than away.  <br />•(3) updates and replacement of walls will NOT alter the essential character of the <br />locality, they will enhance it. It is a lake house, the lakefront needs to be safe and <br />it needs to be accessible. The existing dilapidated stone retaining walls were <br />crumbling, many were even falling into the lake. <br />•(10) Necessary for the preservation of our right to a safe, functional, and <br />accessible waterfront. Stairs stopped 3 feet in the air at the bottom. Retaining <br />walls were falling down, risk of injury to my kids, my guests, and myself. <br />•(11) On the contrary, the improvements will IMPROVE the safety of the land <br />•(12) Definitely not just a convenience. The neighbors (several times) have griped <br />to us about the dilapidated condition of the lakefront and retaining walls. There is <br />a huge safety issue with the state of disrepair of the walls. I have children that will <br />climb around on anything. If one of those flagstone rocks falls on them it will <br />cause serious bodily injury. <br />18