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NARRATIVE llESCRIPTION RCGARDING A RF,QUEST FOR SF.TBAC'K VARIANCE 1828 NORTH DALE COURT JULY 13, 200G Charles and Suzanne �Veleczki are seeking a setback variance regarding the single family home lot located at I 828 I�rorth Dale Court. The Weleczkis formerly lived at 1822 �Iorth Dale Court immediately adjacent to the south of the subject lot for over 30 }'ears. After raising nine children, they retired last year and due to health concerns (Mrs. Weleczki has been battling colon and lung cancer �ld Mr. Weleczki has severe diabetes), tl�ey moved to an apartment complex on Victoria Sh-eet in 2005. In order to facilitate selling their homeste�d, the Weleezkis applied %r and received a minor subdivision approval in 2005 whereby the subject lot at 1828 North Dale Court was split trom the original homestead at 1822 North Dale. Court. The Weleczkis then sold their homestead and moved to their apartment i►Z late sun7mer 2005. The Weleczkis have had the subject lot listed with a real estate company since the minor subdivision was approved in 2005. They have had numerous interested parties and not less than si�: (6) purchase agreements have been submitted by potential buyers. Unfortunately, due to the unique tri�ugular shape of the subject lot, the buyers have had a difficulty in developing practical plans for a home design that can be built on the site without the need for setback variances. This has resulted in all purchase agreements beiiig cancelled or rescinded. To date, the Weleczkis have been unable to sell the lot due to these practical difficulties in making a design plan for a home without setback variances. The potential lot buyers have indicated that the current unique shape of the lot imposes practical difficulties on the home design such that a t}�pical standard home desibn plan �vill not work. Potential buyers are unable to design hallways and rooms on the unique triangular site such that the new� home would be practically useable. The Weleczkis are not home builders or real estate developers and to date they have merely sought to sell the lot to someone wl�o can make good use of it. However, they have now concluded that in order to sell the lot and in order to overcome the practical difficulties of ineeting all set back requirements on the uFlique triangular shaped lot, the best o�tion is to seek a setback variance so that a home witl� a traditional design plan a��d layout may be constructed on the lot. A boundary survey showing the dimensions of tl�e lot as split was submitted in 2005 in conjunction ��itl� the minor subdivision application. Attached to the application is a schematic of a possible foot�rint of a single family horne structure for the ne��• lot. While it w�ould be physically possible to construct a very uniquely designed single fanlily home on a building pad on the subject lot that would meet all set back requirements, the attached schematic shows a plan for a more traditional single family home design that would require only minor relaxation of set back requirements on the East and West sides of the lot and in which standard room sizes, hallways and entrances could Ue built.