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4. Variances may be granted when the petitioner establishes that there are practical difficulties in complying <br />with the zoning ordinance. Practical difficulties means that the plight of the petitioner is due to <br />circumstances unique to the property not a consequence of the petition's own action or inaction <br />• The practical and unique difficulties are present because the land was <br />developed and platted with the utilities and streets already built, so it was not <br />possible to move her building forward away from the wetland buffer, which <br />meanders closer to her than to some of the other properties. <br />5. Variances may be granted when the petitioner establishes that there are practical difficulties in complying <br />with the zoning ordinance. Practical difficulties means that the variance, if granted, will not alter the <br />essential character of the locally. <br />• The practical difficulties of building a deck require support posts that can only <br />be placed as proposed in the wetland buffer area. If our variance is granted, <br />Judith's deck will fit in with all of the other homes on her street, which also have <br />or will have decks. Except for her next door neighbor, who is also requesting a <br />variance, the other houses on her street do not need a variance for their decks. <br />