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Page 2 August 3, 1978 Past practice, and the Zoning Code, have been to require standard size lots for the respective zoning districts. Variations to-this requirement have normally only been approved when the subdivision was part of a Planned Residential Development (PRD). The second issue is whether .there are the necessary warrants (i.e., undue hardship, unique circumstances and applying to the property) are present to justify the variance. Attachment to a neighborhood and school., and the price of land are very real issues, but it is. difficult. to associate them with this parcel of land and proposed subdivision. While the home is positioned to the south, the situation is not unique throughout the City as there are numerou s homesbuilt on lots as large or: larger than the existing property, with large side yards. In general,. it does. not appear that the warrants have been presented to justify the variance. In his letter the applicant has noted that within a 2 block radius .there are other homes built on as small. or smaller in width lots. While this is true, it is obvious from looking at the attached location map that large parcels are very .common in the general area.- Just looking at the lots on either side of 3rd Avenue from 1st Street S.E. to Stowe Avenue, it can be seen that-there are forty (40) parcels of which 2 are 60 ft. in width, 2 are 65 ft. in width, 5 are 75 ft. in width (the minimum requir ed) and. the remaining 31 parcels are all 80 f t. or more in width. Further,- of the 31 that are 80 ft, wide and greater, 12 lots are 100 f t. _ or greater in width; the main point being that the existence of the applicant's somewhat large parcel is not unique to the neigh- borhood. Much of the discussion has centered on lot width and there have been recent cases where the Council has approved.a small variance to subdivide a lot not having the required width. In these limited ca es, however, the overall lot area for the new lots met or exceeded the 10,000 sq. ft, standard for an R-1 district. The lots proposed would be approximately 7900 and 7300 sq, ft, in area.