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,ml,oard of Adjustment Meeting January 6, 2026 Page 3 gave City recommendation. No one else spoke in favor or Opposition of the request. Public hearing was declared closed. Motion was made by Ben Vaughan, seconded by Harley Draven to approve the variances to the City of Paris Area Regulations, Sections 9-402.1(2) and 9-201(1 based on the following findings. Motion carried 5 ayes - 0 nays. FINDINGS: 1. The proposed lot is plated. 2. The request is for a reduced structure of 1200 SF in lieu of required 1500 SF and lot width of 50 SF instead of 60 SF. The current land configuration is lot 2, Block 190 of the R4U Addition. Mr. Michael White has re -plated his lots (1 &2) on Houston Street. There is a ten-foot(10) plated Right -of -Way (ROW) dedication fronting Houston Street, and the lot width indicates 50 SF. All other requirements are met. The applicant can meet the mfor structure of 1500 SF if he chooses. He is requesting the structure variance of f 0, 0, 300 SF because some other residential structures within the vicinity also do not meet the minimum structure size of 1500 SF. The proposed home to be constructed on the lot will be 1200 SF. The approved lot width is plated as 50 SF instead of the required minimum of 0 60 F. The proposed house meets all the other zoning requirements. 3. Invariably, apart from the Zoning Ordinance 1710 Section 9-402.1 (2) and Section 9-201 (1) that refers to structure size and lot width, the proposed lot meets the Minimum required length, front, rear and side yards setback per the code. The request, if approved will be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of area regulations for residential buildings and lot regulations in Single -Family Dwelling -(SF' -2) District contained in and will -protect the character of the "immediate vicinity of the area. 4. There are no special or unique condition(s) of restricted area, that exists on the subject parcel of land that causes unusual and practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship in compliance with the provisions sought here to be varied, other than the ten (10) foot ROW dedication that was required on Houston Street and limited land to meet the minimum lot width of 60 feet irrespectively. 5. The hardship sought to be avoided is not necessarily the result of (a) the applicant's own actions (self-imposed or self-created) because of approved plated lot width of 50 feet and other properties enjoy same structure size within the vicinity which may cause (b) economic or financial "hardship" should the application be denied. 6. The provision of the ordinance regulation that is sought to be varied, will deprive the applicant of reasonable rights to use property that are conunonly enjoyed by other in the Single -Family Dwelling properties such as structure size and lot width variances (SF` -2) Zoning District which are required to comply with these same ordinance provisions.