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October 20, 1978 AT3DENDUM TO API'LI CANT' S S~'ATEI~tENT OF REASON FOR VARIANCE ~fe intend to correct the problem with the two new Tots not having suf- ficient frontage on a public street by dedicating (or giving the city the option to have dedicated at any time, at your choice) a strip of Sand up to 17 feet wide along the west sine of this property. This is in addition to the eight feet that has been previously set aside for public road purposes and would give a total o.f 25 feet set aside for public road x~uxposes« This would provide land for the east half of a public road that could be put in at any time a~tex the other half is aquired. If the land is not taken for public Zptasposes immediately, I propose that the north lot be allowed access accross this 17 foot strix~ by a private easement until the dedication takes place. These variances are requested because an excessive amount of land ~ for one single family home is held under the current plotting. The property is unique in that it is considerably longer than it is wide. Its current approximate dimentians are a width of 13$.07 feet, a length of 387 feet and an area of 53,433 sg,uare feet (1.23 acres). This is an excessive amount of land for one single family home. The aew proposed plot elan would divide the property into two parcels which wat~ld meet or exceed all other requirements other than width. The proposed plat would divide the land into two rectangular parcels which would be 70.3 feet by 387 feet and 67.77 feet by 387 feet with areas respectively of 27,206 square feet (.62 acres) and 26,227 sQUare feet (.60 a.crem). These are 272 per cent and 262 -p_er cent of the minimum area requirement. If split into two lotr~, this proposed plot wouldbe consistent with the neighborhood. There are many lots in the area that are less than the 75 foot minimum with many of them being only 50 to 55 feet in width. ~'he unique circumstance apply4ng to this property is that there is an excessive amount of very valuable Lakeshore land that as one unit is impractical. The shape of the lard being extremely deep makes the nor- mal width requirement a hardship. The ~a.rdship created is an extreme one be ~a.se one width is so close to meeting the exact letter of the width requirement and with the width requirement being missed by only 7.2 feet and 4.7 feet on the two lots respectively. The current urban land useage is a wasteful one.