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Buildable lot area- square feet, minimum 20,000 Impervious surface—percent, maximum 20% Setback, OHW—feet, minimum 75 Setback, bluff—feet, minimum 30 Building height- feet, maximum 25 Section 17-11.7 VARIANCES 6. Variances shall be decided within the required time frame with consideration for the following: A. The applicant establishes that there are practical difficulties, as defined in this ordinance, in complying with the official control, and B. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner, and C. The deviation from the Ordinance with any attached conditions will still be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the Ordinance and-the Comprehensive Plan, and D. The variance will not create a land use not permitted in the zone, and E. The variance will not alter the essential character of the locality, and F. The variance is not for economic reasons alone, but reasonable use of the property does not exist under this Chapter. Staff Findings: Staff provides the following findings of fact addressing the variance request: i. The subject property is located at 3o607 Pequot Boulevard and is in the "Shoreline Residential"zone. 2. The property contains a pre-existing, non-conforming principal structure, a guest dwelling and two accessory structures. 3. The pre-existing, non-conforming principal structure is non-conforming because it is located within a bluff impact zone. 4. The proposed expansion of the principal structure includes the addition of second story, 14' x 40.3' deck/screen porch on the lake side of the structure and an 8' x 36.3'porch on the non-lake side of the structure. 5. The existing impervious surface coverage of the property is 8.5% while the proposed impervious surface coverage is 9.8%. Pequot Lakes Staff Report 4(a)-4 April 17,2014