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Memo to Board of Adjustments/V 03-05 October 28,2003 Page 2 4111 Overview Existing Conditions The property is located just west of Lowell Avenue on the south side of Main Street.The property to the east is zoned C1 and is used as an office building,the properties to the south and west are zoned single family residential and are single family residences and the property to the north is zoned C2 and is used as offices. The property is 14,500 square feet in size. The existing building is currently being renovated for use as an office. Part of the renovation includes removing a deck on the rear of the house and replacing it with an addition.A portion of the existing building sits between the addition and the west property line.The existing building is setback.9 feet from the property line. The proposed addition will be setback 13.3 feet from the west property line. The required setback is 15 feet;the applicant is requesting a 2 foot variance. Analysis In order to grant a variance from the literal interpretation of the ordinance,the following five conditions must be met: 1. Literal enfo vement of the ordinance will cause undue hardship. • Literal enforcement would not allow the applicant to build the addition and provide needed interior space. The improvement is also needed to provide a rear entrance adjacent to and accessible from the rear parking area. 2. The hardship is causal by special conditions and circumstances,wt iah are peculiar to the property and the structure involvEd anchthzch are not characteristic of or applicable to,other lands or structure in the same area. The proposed addition is separated from the west property line by a portion of the existing building. Even though the improvement does not meet the required 15 foot setback,it is setback further than the existing building and behind the existing building. 3. The literal application of the provisions of this ordinance would deprive the petitioner of rights enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this ordinance. The adjacent commercial property has a rear entrance accessible from the rear parking lot.The variance will also allow the applicant to fill in or square off the back of the building, similar to the neighboring office building. 4. The special conditions and circumstances are not a consequence of the petitioner's ozzn action or inaction. The layout and placement of the building existed when the applicant purchased the 411 building. S:\PLANNING\Case Files\2003\V 03-05 Bakken\V03-05BA10-28.doc