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This application is amended to include a variance request for lakeside setback and for 75- 250' hardcover. Variance Request # 1: Lakeside setback The subject property is sandwiched between homes which vary in setback from approximately 96 feet to 217 feet. Even though the lake setback is 75 feet, the average of the adjacent homes, drawn with a straight line, creates a setback requirement more than double the typical 75 foot setback. The hardship created by the disparately setback adjacent properties and the straight line ordinance requirement is that the home is required to be placed in a detrimental position with respect to the southerly home. The request is to place the home 19 ½ feet in front of the straight line average to mitigate the disparity of adjacent homes setback. Granting the variance would allow the adjacent home to the south to not block the subject home yet the subject home would not block the view of the home to the north. The resultant setback of 160 feet is still 213% greater than the 75 foot standard requirement. Variance Request #2: Hardcover The subject property is 125 feet wide and almost 600 feet deep. It spans four setback zones from 0% permitted hardcover to a 35% permitted hardcover. The overall hardcover of this property is 16.7%. The variance request is to permit the 75'-250'hardcover to be 31 %. While the structure hardcover amounts to only 21 % in zone II, the driveway adds about 10%. The practical difficulty of putting the driveway in the 250' -500' zone is that the access to the home becomes unnecessarily inconvenient. In a normal property where one would have no more than two zones of hardcover, it is understandable to insist on not exceeding the 75'- 250' zone but in this case, there is plenty of open space in zones III and IV which more than mitigates the small driveway area in zone II. In addition, it would clearly be in the neighborhood's interest to keep the hardcover down in zones III and IV, thereby keeping the property close to the road as green as possible. ;), -J-t ul; ~~'cl 17-J-&-od--..