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15 Crosby Street Statement of HardshipSTATEMENT OF GROUNDS/HARDSHIP 15 CROSBY STREET The petitioner is the owner of the property at 15 Crosby Street, which consists of a single-family home on an oversized lot of over 28,000 square feet. The property is located in the R-1 zoning district at the intersection of Crosby and Verdon Streets. The petitioner is proposing to subdivide the property into 2 lots to create a separate lot where he intends to build a home for his personal use. The proposed lot with the existing home will consist of 13,272 square feet which is slightly less than the required 15,000 square feet and therefore a variance is needed from lot area In all other respects, this lot and the building on it conform to the R-1 dimensional standards. The second proposed lot will be 15,013 square feet in compliance with zoning but has only 11 linear feet of frontage, so a variance is needed from the 100 foot frontage requirement. Access to both lots will be provided through a shared driveway easement arrangement. In this instance, there are multiple special conditions which affect the property. First, the lot is significantly larger than the vast majority of other residential properties in the area. Also, the grade changes throughout the property are so significant as to render large portions unusable without extensive regrading. Another unusual condition is the presence of a 60 foot wide easement across the property to provide access to abutting land and finally, the lack of municipal infrastructure in the roadway adjacent to the property causes continual drainage, erosion and significant icing problems. A literal enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance would allow only the existing single-family home on the property. The conditions described above render a large portion of the lot unimproved and not suitable for use by the existing home which causes a hardship for the petitioner. Allowing the creation of a new lot would provide the economic basis to make the major physical improvements to the grade and drainage which this property needs to be functional. The proposed lots are very much consistent with others in the area and the improvements to the property that would occur would benefit the neighborhood as a whole, so the relief may be granted without departing from the intent of the Ordinance and without detriment to the public good.