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Zoning File 41438-Pillsbury August 14, 1980 Page Two of Two the legal 3.5' height. The applicant failed to proceed with the installation of the wall because the variations in height would impact the integrity of the design and landscape theme for this odd -shaped property. Review of Current Application - Please review Fxhittit G, the revised plan requests approval of a 4' high sepentine wal l installed per current site plan. The applicant's architect has presented several hardships and concerns that the owner has now that she has lived in the residence for over 4 years. Briefly, they are noted as follows: 1. Rea%,y traffic on County Road 15. This appears to be the only residence located directly on tte corner and security becomes a major concern. 2. The site is low and there is no bank to discourage people from walking onto property. There Lave been instances where owner has been disrupted at odd hours of the night from persons with car problems on within this vicinity cf County Road 15 and Prrcketts Point Road. 3. The street lamp illuminates the entire corner and the applicant's residence. Natural plantings have beer ir.sta 1 led to provide screening from the headlights and the adjacent lights of the street. The problem is that there is no physical structure to prevent peop l f, f ron, walking from the road onto the property. Tht applicant proposes the installation of a 4' high serpentine wall running 280' along the north property line, County Road 15 property line, Rracketts Point Road and the south property line, per Fxhibit G. Onre agair. the new proposal does not create a vision or sighting problem for ary of the public using the adjacent roadways. The City has received no negative comments from the adjacer:t neight,ors norified of the var iarce Application. Options of Action - Denial - please refer to the necessary findings ire Section 10.08, suhd. 3, also as amended in Ordinance 24, Second Series, 7/14/86. Approval - based on the hardships and findings noted above. Approval is subject to the condition that the applicant obtain a taui lding permit prior to the installation of the 8' wide serpentine retaining wall.