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Board of Adjustment Meeting September 5, 2023 Page 2 Staff member Paige Unger made note that there were no input forms were submitted. Motion was made by Ben Vaughan, seconded by Lydia Fitzgerald to approve the variances to the City of Paris Area Regulations, Sections 9-501(1) and 9-301(1) to allow construction of a duplex on a 72' deep lot and with an 18' front yard setback based on the following amended conditions by agreement and findings. Motion carried 4 ayes- 0 nays. Board Recommended Conditions 1. All minimum required off-street parking spaces in the driveway areas shall be met and such dimensions shall be located entirely upon the lot. 2. There shall be no on -street resident or visitor parking allowed along the West side of 14th St. SE nor the North side of Sherman St. E so as to prevent driver sight obstructions along the sharp curve of this roadway. This is subject to approval by the City of a "No Parking" zone at this location and signage posted at the expense of the applicant. Board Recommended findings 1. The request for variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of site improvement regulations contained in the Zoning Ordinance 1710 Exhibit 9B and the Subdivision Ordinance 1315 Exhibit 9A; and will protect the character of the immediate vicinity of the area. 2. The approval of the variance for lot depth and front yard setback will allow the plat to be approved without a condition for variance and allow a residence to be permitted for constructed given the narrow lot dimensions and the unusual SE lot corner curve configuration. 3. There are special and unique condition(s) of existing sub -standard lot width which are not applicable to all other existing parcels of land in the SF -2 Zoning District, and which cause unusual and practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship to the use of the property with site improvements permitted by the ordinance with the provision sought here to be varied. The residential lot was previously created, consistent with the adjoining residential lots, but was never built on with a land use that will be appropriate for the surrounding neighborhood. 4. The hardship sought to be avoided is not the result of (a) the applicant's own actions (self- imposed or self-created), but rather it is based upon existing site parcel dimensions to support new construction. 5. The provision of the ordinance regulation that are sought to be varied, deprive the applicant of reasonable rights to use the property that are commonly enjoyed by other older residential properties in the 2F Residential Zoning District which are required to comply with these same ordinance provisions. 5. Adjournment.