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