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Chapter. Response: N/A 6. The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any use that is not allowed under this Chapter for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located. Response: N/A 7. The Board or Council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling as a two-family dwelling. Response: N/A 8. The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property. Response: The special conditions are peculiar to such a property or immediately adjoining property: As it is not uncommon on for boathouses to be different shapes and sizes, it is peculiar for a small corner of a boathouse to be on the adjoining pr operty. 9. The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which said land is located. Response: N/A 10. The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant. Response: N/A 11. The granting of the proposed variance will not in any way impair health, safety, comfort, morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of the Zoning Code. Response: Granting of the variances will not impair health, safety, comfort, morals, or be contrary to the intent of the zoning code: Granting of the variances will improve the safety and enjoyment on the property, as it will replace an older deteriorating home as well as unsafe existing landscaping and pavers. Granting of the variances will also naturally allow more parking on the owner?s property, as opposed to on Casco Point Road, a busy thoroughfare, which increases the safety of residents in the area. 12. The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty. Response: Granting of the variances will not serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty: Granting of the hardcover and structural cover is necessary to alleviate the difficulty in working with a substandard lot. The minimum lot area for the LR-1C zone is 21,780 square feet, or .5 acres. This property is 12,851 square feet. If the lot was a standard size for the zone, we would be able to have up to 5,445 square feet of hardcover and 4,356 square feet of structural coverage. Our proposed