02-20-2007 Planning Commission Packet

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� " � Hardship Documentation Form - 940 North Aim Drive • � 1. The current house is behind the setback line,thus limiting the reinodeling that needs to be done in order to get this property up to the current standards of its surrounding area. 2. Years after this house was built the city changed the setbacks putting the owner in a position where nothing was conforming. At the time the house was built it was conforming. 3. It will not alter the character,the remodel will only move the garage to the south about 24 feet and a new three season porch will replace the old deck. The rest of the property will remain as it is. 4. If the house was relocated it would leave a large open area on the lot and would require the removal of the majority of the trees and the relocation of the swimming pool. Also, all the service lines to the house would have to be dug up and moved. � 5. N/A � 6. We aren't asking to change the zone. 7. N/A 8. The setback problem is a problem around the lake. The setback was established . long after many of the older homes were built. • 9. No, due to the fact that other homes in the area are not located on the lake. 10. By granting this variance we will be able to open up the house giving the majority of the rooms a view of the lake. Additionally,we will be able to more naturally illuininate the rooms, and make the decks and three season porch more functional. At this time,the house has been remodeled three times and is very inefficient in its function as well as its energy consumption and non confonning head heights in the lower leveL . �11. This variance will, in fact,improve the health and safety of the current home as ' there are numerous areas in the lower level where there is mold. The attic and � wall insulation along with thirty-five year old windows are inadequate and . inef�cient. 12. By granting this variance,the city will allow us to use the existing footprint foundation, as well as, all the general services which currently e�st in the property, additionally this will eliminate the necessity to move of the pool. This will also eliminate the need to clear an alternate site and backfilling the existing one which would make this project impossible due to the additional costs.� Additionally, we are reducing existing hardcover by elirninating concrete patio and parking as well as a portion of the driveway. The reduction is x square feet. � We are asking to add 24 x 26 feet to the buildings foot print as garage in lieu of the current concrete parking pad. • , � , �� #� y� s+ ; �� '"' i: ` �,ry�� , , � ; ��'zcrt � �;; ;"; �y r• � , L.�"j��tl`��i� �� ,n,� . .. ' ..«-... .1 r'1S� �£ l�~t.•! ��> . y9 �t,}�t; ,a �'. ....rt..,�r "rc"9-° � .