3202 WETMORE AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

With the 10 foot setback requirements, the new building would be h d lines vis as vis the old building situated, as shown by t e re and the remaining building. • 1 ' Exceptional or Extraordinary Circumstances The exceptional or extraordinary circumstances here are not created by a cliff or other difficult physical feature to the property. Rather the circumstances are special because of the fact that here are 80 foot right-of-ways on 32nd• and on Wetmore and that the applica ion of the set back requirements deprives the fee owner of the reasonable use of the property. Further, practically, economicalxy and esthethically the new building is better placed closer to the lot lines, in the same location as the existing building. The existing and new buildings along_ Wetmore between Pacific and 3th. have su u�an` �.ype front yards because o£ t e 80 foot riq t-of-way. T e oat Z3zTti -o -way in and of itself, even withou— t tTie addition of the 10 foot set back requirement would provide for generous distances between the street and the building fronts. The esthetics sought by the City with the 10 foot setbacks is achieved by their noM use of a major portion of the 80 foot right-of-way. Why should the city place the burden on the property owner for maintainances of the distances from the actual street, as it is currently used, rather than bearing it themselves with the unused right -of way? If the existing building on the subject property were to remain or be remodeled, it would stay where it is, with no space between it and the property line. Once torn down, to make way for the construction of a building which would_- provide a definate visual improvement at a prominate intersection, we are deprived of the use of 10 feet on each si3e. ---- In conclusion, the application of the 10 foot set back requirement is not needed to accomplish the purpose of ample front yards with nice landscaping. Added to the 80 foot right-of-way, the City then has 100 feet , while the property owners' lot size is reduced, on a corner, by 10 usuable feet in two directions. An owner of a corner lot where there is an 80 foot right- of -way has a greater burden to bear on than does an owner in the middle of the block.