05-15-2006 Planning Commission Packet

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� Page 3 of 3 ' 12. "The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable hardship or difficulty." The intent is to build a sinqle famliy home consistent in size and charactor with the surroundinq neighborhood and the prescribed zoning. The size and proportions of this previously approved lot combined with today's hardcover requirements now dictate a structure that is not consistent with either the charactor or the intended use of the surroundinc�properties. Hardship Statement � Should you feel the hardship cannot fully be described in the above criteria, describe the unique hardship, practical difficulty or unusual property conditions preventing compliance with Zoning Ordinance requirements in the following lines (attach additional sheets if necessary): The buyers for the proposed new home had wanted a slightly larger home with a side-load three car garage,as is quite common in the Casco Point nei4hborhood. After reviewing the hardcover requirements for the lot,however,the buyers compromised on the home size and ave up the three car garage,and we reworked the plans to further spueeze the footprint into its current form. We are also holding the house to the south setback line to allow more room along the north line for managinq drainage grades to ensure the drainage runs to the lake and not the neiqhbors(as it does today). Again,the lona narrow nature of the lot combined with the universal standard.of building alonq the established line of site dictates a driveway that siqnificantiv errodes the allowable square footage for a home. It's this combination ofthe lot proportions and the existina building line that creates the hardship for this(ot. _ �.l.-'-o r•. � � t _, ;:,-� . �:'-,:::.°�:;;;r,;:, i:i r/, :� .f:`� �,--.•' ��,,.�;r�;:� �,# . .... �% : _� �.:.:' ,.. ;:. ;.:� �;.�`�:f: �.. ,.� ;ti;, .y;-` �-;.� , (��`�� ':� ��. „_._..�.. .� ��:��:�;: