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come onto his land to make improvements to the bulding.
“It is more expensive than I can afford to renovate,” he said, “and I can’t get behiftd the house to work on it without encroaching on the landowner next door.” He said that he estimated that it would cost between $80,000 and $100,000 to make the house habitable.
For those two reasons but especially because of the cost, Mr. Taylor said, he had decided instead to demolish the current house and build a small ranch-style house on the lot. The new house he said would have two bedrooms. It would be two and a half feet in from the back line. It would also be further from Route 618 because it would not have a porch, Mr. Taylor said. The house would be more centered on the lot, so unlike the current lot it Would not also violate setback requirements from U.S. 522, he said. He estimated that the new house would cost about $35,000 to build. He said he would keep it and use it as a rental property.
David Browh testified against granting the variance. He said, “We’re losing all our resources in this county. He said the house dated to 1790. “These old houses here are our rememberance.” He said the house should be
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