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NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR SETBACK VARIANCE 1828 NORTH DALE COURT JULY 13, 2006 Charles and Suzanne Weleczki are seeking a setback variance regarding tlle single fainily home lot located at 1828 North Dale Court. The Weleczkis formerly lived at 1822 North Dale Court immediately adjacent to the south of the subject lot for over 30 years. After raisulg nine children, they retired last year and due to health concerns (Mrs. Weleczlci has been battling colon and lung cancer and Mr. Weleczki has severe diabetes), they moved to an apartment complex on Victoria Street in 2005. In order to facilitate selling their homestead, the Weleczkis applied for and received a minor subdivision approval in 2005 whereby the sLibject lot at 1828 North Dale Court was split from the original homestead at 1822 North Dale Court. The Weleczkis then sold their homestead and moved to their apartment in late summer 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 six (6) purchase agreements have been submitted by potential buyers. Unfortunately, due to the unique triangular 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 This has resulted in all purchase agreements being cancelled or rescinded.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 typical standard home design plan will 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 who can make good use of it. However, they have now concluded that in order to sell the lot aild ii� order to overcome the practical difficulties of ineeting all set back rec�uirements on tlle unique triangular shaped lot, the best option is to seek a setback variance so that a home with a traditional design plan and layout may be constructed on the lot. A boundary survey showing the dimensions of the lot as split was submitted in 2005 in conjunction with the minor subdivision application. Attached to the application is a scheinatic of a possible footprint of a single family home structure for the new lot While it would be physically possible to construct a very uniquely designed single family 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 hoine design that would require only minor relaxatioi� of set bacl< requirements on the East and West sides of the lot and in which standard room sizes, hallways and entrailces could be built.