3416 FEDERAL AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

NARRATIVE STATF14M A. Request variance of rear set back ram property line to seven feet instead of required 20 feet. Requested variance is necesary to build a two story addition ,which will partly be built over existing building that is the above distance from rear property line. B. The addition built in1977 under permit #3237 was built eight feet from rear property line. There are sixteen houses on the alley behind the house and of these eight have buildings under ten feet of rear property line. C. The proposed addition will not interfere with use of alley or with repair of any utilities. The house on the uphill side of our house is built on the front half of their lot and conpletly in front of our house, and the only window on the backside of the housels a frosted bathroom window. The add - on will be slightly lower than the existing house in overall height,thereby riot obstructing march if any of the existing view of the house next door. All of the other houses uphill are heigh enough as to look over the top of new addition. D. The 1977 addition was built with a two story foundation and with a permit and was purchased with the idea of building a second floor above this area. Since the entire roof needs to be removed for repair we had planned to return the look of the house to thetraditional style it once had before the 1st floor addition was thrown on without any regard to how it blended with the house or neighborhood. The proposed addition would enable the view of Port Gardner, which is blocked by the white house in photos, to be seen. E. The photos show the houses t,,at have built within ten feet of rearproperty line. The requested variance would not place my house any closer to rear property line, but would allow us to enjoy the same view the surrounding homes now enjoy, without obstructing their views. This variance would allow me to take an older hone and enhance it to the standards that the Rucker Hill area is so well known for, and in so doing enhance the area.