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to force one of the two -tenant families to move in order to bring it to conformity? What if It is one unit of a quadplex is vacant for a year, or one unit of 50 unit apartment? The consequences of applying this standard to multi -tenant buildings as a whole would be unfair and overly burdensome. • Recent examples of the City of Little Canada concluding that a duplex property lost it's status as a nonconforming use differ from my case, In the May of 2014 29 Demont Ave example the City disallowed the new owners of the property to use the structure as a duplex, nor did they approve a request to rezone the property as R-2, My case differs from these circumstances because my structure was never unoccupied for any length greater than one year, whereas the Demont Ave property was completely vacant for a period greater than one year, • There is too large a burden In retrofitting the building as a single family residence that meets city ordinance and neighborhood etandards. o The building is essentially two fully independent units with separate water, electrical, gas, and hvac systems. In would be extremely costly to combine those separate infrastructures into one safe and properly functioning system. o The current floorplan offers redundant spaces that would be unnecessary in a single family home. It would be undesirable to have two small kitchens, conversion to a single family unit would require the removal of one kitchen and the expansion of another. o The property Is divided down the center by a shared load bearing wall with extra thickness, insulation and plating for sound deadening which would be nearly Impossible to remove. Easier modifications such as pass through doorways would also be costly and would still result in a floorplan that doesn't make sense for a single family home. o The property has two garages on opposite ends of the building. If the property is to conform to code and to other properties in the area, one of the garages would need to be converted to livable space, 'This would require extraordinary modifications to the interior walls and doors of the garage, extension of electrical and hvac systems, the extension of an exterior wall to replace the garage door, Insulation, and the installation of floor joists and subfloor over the concrete slab, • and the likely installation of additional windows, o Removal of one garage would also require the costly modification and removal of large portions of the existing concrete driveway leading up to it. o The financial burden associated with making these changes will be costly, and likely exceed the value of the structure as it sits now. Moreover the properties value as a single family home is significantly reduced compared to It's value as a residential duplex/double bungalow. O As someone with a disability and limited income earning potential, the duplex represents my own financial security and a supporting Income stream for retirement. Selling this