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I�t��T�V� DESCRIPTION REGARDING A REQUEST �"�.R SETBACK VARIANCE 1828 NORTH DALE COURT JULY 13,2006 Charles and Suzanne Weleczki aie seeking a setback variance regarding the single f�nily home lot located at 1828 I�oi-�lz Dale Court. The Weleczkis formerly lived at 1$22 N�ort�. Dale Cot�-t immediately adj acent to the south of the subject lot for over 3b years. After raising nine children, they retired last year and due to health concerns (Mrs. Weleczki has been battling colon and lung c�icer at7d Mr. Weleczki has severe diabetes), tt��y moved to a�1 apartment complex on Victoria Street in 2005. In order to facilitate selling their homestead, the Weleczkis applied for ai�d received a minor subdivision approval iri 2005 whereby ��e subject lot at 1828 North Dale Court was split from the original homestead at 1822 North Dale Court. The '�el�czlcis then sold their homestead at�� ao�red to their apartment in late summer 2005. The Weleczkis have bad the subject Io� listed with a real estate company since the �ni�aoz' subdivision was approved in 2005. They�have 11ac� numerous interested parties and not less than six (6) purchase agreements have been submitted. by potential buyers. 1. ;3�+x=;.�i��lr�, due to the unique triangular shape of tlie subject lot, the buyers have had a difficulty i�i developing practical plans for a home design that ca�1 be built oi� the site without the need for setback variances. This has resulted in all purcf�ase agreements being cancelled or rescinded. To date, the Weleczkis have been unable to sell the lot due to these practical difficulties ii2 n�akii�g a design plan for a home without setback variances. The potential lot buyers have indicated that ti�e 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 io design hallways and rooms on tl�e tu�aque triangular site such that the i�et�r home would be practically usea�le. The Weleczkis are not lio��le builders or real estate developers and to date they have naerely sought to sell the lot to someone who ��e� make good use of it. However, they have now eoi7cluded that in order to sell the lot and in order to overcome t�e practical difficulties of ineeting all set back requirements on the unique triangular shaped lot, the best option is to seek a setback variance so that a home with a traditional design plan and layout n�� be constructed on the lot. A boundary survey showing the dimensions of the lot as split was submitted in 2005 in coi�junction with the minor subdivision application. Attached to the application is a schematic of a possible footprint of a�i��le family home structure for the new lot. While it would be physically possible to construct a very uniquely designed single family ho�ne on a building pad az� the subject lot that would meet all set back requirements, the attached schematic shows a plan for a more traditional single family home design tl�at would require o�1y minor relaxation of sct back requirements on the East and West sides of tlZe lot aild in which sfi�t�d31'd room sizes, hallways and entrances cauld be built.