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i'v��r,��.'��'V� DESCRIPTION REGARDING A REQUEST �`��. SETBACK VARIANCE 1828 NORTH DALE COURT . JULY 13,2006 Charles and Suzanne Weleczki are seeking a setback variance regarding the single fatnzl�r home lot located at 1828 �vt�'i�, Dale Court. The Weleczkis formealy lived at 1822 North Dale Court immediately adjacent to the soutl� of the subject lot for over 30 years. After raising nine children, they retired last year and due to health concerns (Mrs. Weleczki has been battling colon and lung cancer and Mr. Weleczki has severe diabetes), tl�ey moved to pQl 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 ilZe subject lot at 1828 North Dale Court was split from the original homestead at 1822 North Dale Court. The '4�eleczlds then sold their homestead and �ZO�ved to their apartment in late summer 2005. The Weleczkis have bad �t�e subject Io� 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 s?zbxraz�tec� by potential buyers. �� due to the unique triangular shape of tl�e subject lot, the buyers have had a difficulty it1 developing practical plans for a hoine design that can he built on the site without the need for setback variances. This has resulted in all �u�ck��se agreements being cancelled or rescinded. To date, the Weleczkis have been unable to sell the lot due to these practical difficulties in making adesign plan for a home without setback variances. The potential lot buyers have indicated that tlxe cuix�ent unique shape of the lot imposes practical difficulties on the home design such that a typical standard home design plan will i�at work. Potential buyers are unable to design hallways and rooms on �Ii� unique triangular site such that the new home would be practically t�sea�I�_ The Wcicczkis are not I�az�1� builders or real estate developers anc� to date they have merely sought to sell the lot to sprzaeot�c who �F inake good use of it. However, they have now concluded that in order to sel� the lot and in order to overcome �1�� 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 �z�ay be oons��cted 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 schematic of a possible footprint of a single family home structure for the new lot. While it would he physically possible to construct a very uniquely designed single family l�oine on a building pad ot�. 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 o�.�y minor relaxation of set back requirements on the East and West sides of the lot and in which 5t��dctii� room sizes, hallways and entrances could be built.