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Board of Adjustment Meeting October 3, 2023 Page 2 No one else spoke in favor or opposition of the request. Public hearing was declared closed. Staff member Paige Unger made note of one input submitted by phone. Yvonne Bowers of 214 NE 28t' St, in favor. Motion was made by Lydia Fitzgerald, seconded by Alix Putnam 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 60' deep lot and with a 15' front yard setback on E Price Street based on the following conditions and findings. Motion carried 4 ayes- 0 nays. Board Recommended Conditions 1. Beginning at the 25' build line on NE 28th Street, 128' of privacy fence must be installed along the northern property line running east and west, with a maximum height of 7'. 2. Mature trees in right of way along E Price and NE 28' Street must be preserved. 3. Off-street parking must be located entirely on the property. Board Recommended Findins 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 site plan to be approved to permit a residence to be constructed given the narrow lot dimensions and the corner lot 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 2F 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. 4. The hardship sought to be avoided is the result of (a) the applicant's own actions (self-imposed or self-created), but rather it is not 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. 6. The pre-existing home and driveway fronted E Price Street which establishes a precedent.