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Narrative: The existing house is at a setback of only 5-6 feet. The age of the house is 75 and it was built in 1938. This pre-dates the local ordinances. When looking around at the houses in the neighborhood there are a lot that seem to be close to the setback like mine. In order to meet the current setbacks, the addition to the existing house would end up being on the opposite side of the house. With moving the addition to meet the setback the bedroom in the addition would become landlocked and the only way to access the bedroom would be to go through the existing bedroom or enter from outside. The house would then be inconsistent and it would flow awkwardly. The grading on the lot is such that the North side of the lot has a great incline/hill. This incline makes moving the addition to the current setback much more expensive because of having to make a higher elevation to have all of property one level. Along with the additional costs moving the addition to meet the current setback will make the current characteristics of the house look more like a jigsaw puzzle. Along with the addition to the house we would like to add a deck as well. It would be on the North side of the home and run the length of the home and addition. From the corner of the existing home to the lot line it is 12 feet. Currently there is nothing on that side of the house or yard, it is an open lawn on the hill. We would like to add a deck and with the current setback a 7ft deck is allowed and we would like to change that to a 10 ft deck in order to be able to fit a table and chairs on it.