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• Monday, November 28, 2005 Request for variance from side yard set back requirements at 19669 Auburn Circle. Hearthstone Builders was contracted to design and build a home for Bill and Sharon Sandia at 19669 Auburn Circle. We also contracted with their daughter Kara to build a home next door at 19655 Auburn Circle. Kara moved next to her parents with the intent to provide aid as they age. Mr. Sandia has degenerative illness, that will lead to the necessity for a wheelchair and/or a walker in the not distant future. Many provisions were made during the construction of the home to allow special access. These provisions include wide doors throughout the home. All hard sur P g face floors in the home. A large, open living and accessible baths with P en �g area, safety railings. Dual egress and access is desirable in any home for safety reasons. During the initial design of the home, provisions for a second special access, point was overlooked. By the time the designer pointed it out, the home was already substantially completed. Despite installin.g retaining walls, the steepness of the grade required an accessible platform on the bedroom side of the home where the second accessible entry was built. This platform • encroaches on the side yard set back requirement. Enforcement of the ordinance would preclude Mr. Sandin a second access point to his home. The design of the landing off of a deck in the front of the home is esthetically pleasing. Accessibility in the design of new homes is becoming more and more common, and there is a shortage of accessible homes in the area. Accessibility will only become more attractive as the population ages. The encroachment occurs on the side of the home contingent with the Sandins daughter Kara, and also provides easier access for her. Please consider allowing this variance to proceed. .