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Therefore, we must appeal to you, the Board of Adjustments, for the <br />following variance: <br />905 E. Polk: along the western boundary of the property, we <br />are requesting a variance from the required 5 feet side set- <br />back, to 3.3 feet on the north end of the structure, and 2.8 <br />feet on the south end of the structure. This is the location of <br />the current foundation which was poured prior to the <br />attached survey, which called our attention to the matter. <br />As a non - profit community development corporation, we apologize <br />once more for the learning curve we are experiencing in building on <br />these abandoned in -fill lots in the older areas of Paris. We assure <br />you that our intentions are only for the revitalization of inner -city <br />neighborhoods; providing well - built, affordable homes for the low - <br />moderate income families of Paris and returning once abandoned <br />properties back to the tax rolls. This home has a contract on it and <br />was scheduled to close by mid -to late July. <br />To date, we have closed on 10 homes, returning 10 properties, <br />selling at $61,500 each, and back to the tax rolls. In three <br />instances we tore down sub - standard houses in order to do so. <br />These are homes that would have been red - tagged by the city and <br />would perhaps have had to be torn down at City expense. Including <br />the home for which we are asking this variance, we currently have 3 <br />homes sold and under construction and 3 more under contract, with <br />construction to begin soon. <br />All labor and materials are procured locally; therefore when those <br />homes currently under construction, or for which construction will <br />start shortly, are completed Paris Living will have put over $800,000 <br />back into the economy of the City of Paris in less than 2 years. We <br />hope you will agree that this, along with the increased property <br />value created by our efforts will have a tremendous impact on the <br />downtown neighborhoods - not to mention the impact on the <br />families who are our clients and for whom we are making the <br />American Dream of homeownership a reality. <br />We thank you for your understanding and consideration of our <br />request for this variance. <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />