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• 5 1 2 Chairman Madden invited Ms . Clarke to present her request to 3 the Commission . 1•Is .Clarke, accompanied by her home builder , 4 described her plans for a one-level , 1 , 400-foot house which 5 would provide easy accessibility for her 78-year old mother, 6 should she come to live with her . Ms. Clarke stated that she 7 herself anticipated living in the house into her retirement 8 years . She explained that she plans to build the porch on 9 the back of the house at some undetermined future date , but 10 would prefer to have the issue settled before she begins 11 construction of the house itself . The proposed porch will 12 be a deck with footings which will be screen- or 13 glass-enclosed. Ms. Clarke stated that such a porch will not 14 interfere with drainage on the lot . She too is concerned 15 about the drainage in the area and intends to slope the yard 16 so that proper drainage is maintained. 17 18 Commissioner Hansen stated that the Commission' s decision 19 must be based on current conditions , but that those 20 conditions might be quite different by the time Ms. Clarke 21 actually begins construction of her porch. He asked the 22 applicant for a time frame during which she planned to build • 23 her porch. Ms. Clarke answered that she did not know, but 24 that the porch construction would depend upon her finances . 25 Commissioner Hansen then asked the applicant whether she 26 would have difficulty in accepting approval of the variance 27 limited to a certain time frame . Ms. Clarke answered that 28 her answer would depend upon the time frame, and that she 29 could not foresee how building a porch on her house could 30 possibly interfere with anyone else ' s plans for the 31 neighboring houses or lots . Commissioner Hansen asked her 32 for an anticipated date of construction. Ms. Clarke stated 33 that she was unable to give a date, although she definitely 34 plans to build the porch. 35 36 Commissioner Werenicz asked the applicant whether she had 37 considered altering the plan of the house in order to 38 accommodate a porch without requiring a variance . Ms . 39 Clarke replied that the house plans were purchased pre-drawn, 40 and that she would be hesitant to change the plans for fear 41 of adding to the construction costs . Commissioner Werenicz 42 suggested that an architect, for a small fee , would be able 43 to change the plans to accommodate a porch which would not 44 require a variance . Ms. Clarke replied that she has not been 45 able to come up with an alternate plan for the porch without 46 drastically altering the floor plan of the house. She 47 stated that she had purchased the house plans even before • 48 she purchased the lot . 49 50 Commissioner Wagner asked the applicant whether the porch