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Fidelity Title; Exhibit 13, Chicago Title, Testimony of Mr. Ingelsbe; Testimony of Mr. Moreno. 7. The Appellant purchased the subject property with the structure in its current configuration in 1999. The Appellant does not reside on -site but rents the units to tenants. At the time of purchase, three tenants occupied the structures. One tenant in the upper level of Building Number 1, one tenant in the lower level of Building Number 1, and one tenant in Building Number 2. Testimony of Mr. Moreno; Exhibit 13, Chicago Title. 8. According to the 1956 edition of The Polk City Directory2, only one residence was shown at 2019 Rainier Avenue. A single resident, C.D. Knapp, is shown as residing at this location. Exhibit 7, Polk Directory; Testimony of Mr. Ingelsbe. 9. According to the 1914 edition of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map3, one dwelling unit, denoted as "D" on the map, was located at 2019 Rainier Avenue. Exhibit 8, Sanborn Map, Testimony of Mr. Ingelsbe. 10.The City submitted various building permits and utilities records which pertain to both Building Number 1 and Building Number 2. From these records, it appears that as of 1964 two dwelling units were located on the subject property; a carport addition was permitted to Building Number 1 in 1966; and electrical service was provided to a duplex unit in 1981. Exhibit 5, Utilities and Permit Records. 11. The City submitted various Tax Assessor records which denote a basement apartment existing in 1993 and that in 2003 it appeared to inspectors that the primary residence had two living areas. Exhibit 6, Assessor Records. 12.Although the Appellant submitted argument in regard to Building Number 2, he did not provided any evidence in support of an allegation that the configuration of Building Number 1 as a duplex dwelling existed prior to 1956. Exhibit 2, Appeal and Narrative. Side yard setbacks 13. EMC 19, Chapter 6, Table 6.1 requires a side yard setback of five feet in the R-2 zone. Building Number 1 was built in 1918 and is setback approximately four 2R. L. Polk & Company, established in 1870, is a worldwide provider of information made available through published directories such as the Polk City Directory, a reference manual that provides a listing, among other things, of street addresses by U.S. cities and counties. 3 The Sanborn Map Company, founded in 1867 by D.A. Sanborn, was the primary publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. The maps show the size, shape, and construction of dwellings and also indicate widths and names of streets, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Sanborn maps are thus an unrivaled source of information about the structure and use of buildings in American cities. Before the Hearing Examiner Pro- Tem In the Appeal of Moreno #06-002 Page 4 of 8