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SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH <br />NAI2RATIVE STATEMENT TO SUPPORT A VARIANCE TO ALLOW <br />INFAINGEMENT OF A BUILDING INTO THE REQUIRED 10' REAR <br />AND SIDE YARD SETBACKS (PER TABLE 20-07). THE EXPAN- <br />SION WOULD CONTINUE A WEST SETBACK OF 8'-9", AN EAST <br />SETBACK OF 7'-3" AND BE CONSTRUCTED TO THE SOUTH <br />(ALLEY) LOT LINE. THIS WOULD pROVIDE A PROPOSED <br />ADDITION OF 2,166 SQ. FT. ON 2 FLOORS TO THE EXISTING <br />l,�80 SQ. FT. BUII.DING FOR A 48.3$ INCREASE (RATHER <br />THAN THE 25R MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY SECTION 38.090 B): <br />a. THIS VARIANCE WILL NOT BE MATF.RIALLY DETRIMENTAL <br />TO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL OWNERSHIPS IN THIS BLOCK <br />WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED SETBACKS. THE CITY AS A WHOLE <br />WILL BE ENHANCED BY EXTERIOR ESTHETIC UPGRADING AND <br />REFURBISHING PLUS DECORATIVE LANDSCAPING IN THE <br />SIDE YARDS. <br />b. THIS EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL PROPERTY SIZE IS LOCATED <br />WITH STREETS ANO ALLEY ON THREE SIDES WITH A NON- <br />SALEABLE PROPERTY ON THE FOURTH SIDE. ADDITIONAL <br />LAND FOR EXPANSION IS, THEREEORE, NOT AVAILABLE. NEW <br />NEEDS EOR CHILDREN'S RELIGI011S EDUCATION HAVE FORCED <br />A NEED FOR MORE SPACE ON THIS RESTRICTED SITE. <br />A <br />c. SEVERAL PROPEATIES ON THIS HLOCK HAVE LESS THAN <br />10' SIDE YARDS AND ALL HAVE BUILT TO THE ALLEY LOT <br />LINE. ONE HAS, IN FACT, ACQUIRED PRIVATE USE OF THE <br />- <br />► <br />