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Page 8 units sold separately as condominiums. The duplex units would be platted and sold separately. Site Plan: The two townhouse buildings would be oriented toward 10th street Nw with parking provided in the rear. The two-family home would be oriented toward 9th Avenue NW with driveway access from 9th Avenue. The proposed site plan maintains a large vegetative stand to the rear of the two-family home to serve as a screen for the single~ family homes to the east. The planting screen proposed to the rear of the two townhouse buildings needs to be intensified. Variance: Due to the odd shape of the subject site, poor soils, large drainage easements, and a sanitary sewer easement bisecting the subject site, an undue hardship and unique circumstance is created. The proposed townhouse buildings are setback 25 feet from 9th and 8th Avenue NW due to the location of a sanitary sewer line and easement between proposed Lots 3 and 4. The two-family home is proposed to be located 25 feet from 9th Avenue NW due to a 40 foot drainage easement along the east property line of proposed Lots 1 and 2, and to preserve the vegetative stand separating the proposed duplex and single-family homes to the east. It should be noted, according to the applicant's surveyor, the existing single family home to the south along the west side of 8th Avenue NW is setback 27 feet from the 8th Avenue right-of-way. Therefore, the encroach- ment of the proposed townhouse building to within 25 feet of the 8th Avenue NW right-of-way would vary only slightly from the established setback line. Additionally, 9th Avenue NW is a curve linear street; therefore, the reduced setback along this street would also be less noticeable than if it were constructed in the gridiron pattern of other streets in the immediate area.