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: -T. ^ .4^ vO - • ! • vEitor vehicles typically must exit by backing onto Count)* Rd. #19. Shuffling of visitor vehicles results in numerous false exits onto County Rd. # 19. These vehicles occupy the traffic lanes while waiting for others to exit before re-entering. • Handicapped visitors must bc transported some 40 to 100 feet across our yard, after exiting their vehicle, to reach the front door to our house. We submit that either of these alternate plans create a reasonable balance between the intent of the hardcover ordinance and resolution of the safety/accessibility issues inherent in our existing situation. Above, we have attempted to depict the safety issues a«ff^a»<>d with normal ingress and egress of three vehicles on a daily basis. However, these concerns multiply several times over on evenings, holidays, and weekends when we have visitors. On a typical weekend or holiday it is veiy conunon for several additional vehicles to occupy our drive and, when this happens, we usually have gridlock. Our drive will currently park some seven vehicles and not too infrequently it is filled. Parking must be on our drive, as parking is not permitted on County Rd. #19. We have requested a parking exception on County Rd. # 19 on several occasions for our visitors, but without success. In our current situation, when a visitor is to exit, it usually requires the shuffling of several vehicles and false exits on to County Rd. #19. These vehicles then temporarily must park on County Rd. #19 while the departing visitor exits. Although nans A and B submitted herewith will not necessarily eliminate these safety problems altogether, it will go a long way toward alleviating it. Most importantly, either of the plans submitted will essentially ^Miminate the safety hazard inherent in extensive backing row required to exit our property, particularly the need to back onto County Rd. #19. Among our most regular visitors are our elderly parents and a handicapped sister who have particular difficulty backing their vehicles. We are very concerned for their safety. Equally important, both Plan A and B allow for vehicle transport of handicapped passengers right to the front door, which allows them more convenient access into our home. In particular, this will make our home more accessible to our handicapped sister and disabled grandparent. n. VARIANCE WILL NOT VIOLATE INTENT OF HARDCOVER ORDINANCE Due to the unique topographical features of our property and the concentration of hardcover in the northwestern sector, and the large expanse of grassed area to the soutis and east the requested variance will not deprive runoff of extensive filtering. With the exception of that part of our property lying North of the existing drive (which runoff flows to County Rd. #19), all runoff flows South across grassed area 6