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4 Draft <br /> 1 <br /> 2 David Cates: Good evening. You may or may not remember that I was here previously about the lot which <br /> 3 actually is adjacent to this lot. However, because of what Lauren just described, because the lot <br /> 4 adjacent to this one was created prior to some significant date, that lot was allowed to have some <br /> 5 leeway which has negated the need for the variance to that lot. So, while the lot that I am <br /> 6 representing tonight was recombined in 2003, which is why it's not allowed to have the leeway that <br /> 7 the lot to the north was, when it was recombined, it wasn't recombined in recognition of these large <br /> 8 septic and reservoir setbacks. It was recombined into roughly the same size as the lots on either <br /> 9 side of it. So, it didn't gain anything by that recombination other than excluding it from the leeway <br /> 10 that it can't get now. You have my exhibit in front of you, and the proposed septic field that you <br /> 11 see was established by the Orange County Health Department, and I believe it makes it fairly <br /> 12 evident that if you see where the 300-foot septic setback is, there is no way for us to put a septic <br /> 13 field where it would have to go. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Leon Meyers: Mr. Cates, the boardrooms have two different site plans in the package. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 David Cates: Yes. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Leon Meyers: Which one should we be looking at? <br /> 20 <br /> 21 David Cates: The one that has a 47.42 building tie to the north. That's the only difference between the two <br /> 22 maps. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Leon Meyers: 47. 1 see a version that has the house about 181-feet from the setback and a version that has the <br /> 25 house about 161 feet. Which of the two is the right one? <br /> 26 <br /> 27 David Cates: The front property has 181.71. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Leon Meyers: Okay. All right. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Beth Bronson: Identify which page that is. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Kyle Myers: That's Page 27. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Beth Bronson: Thanks. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 David Cates: I don't have your packets. I don't know which page it's on. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Beth Bronson: He told me. Thanks. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 David Cates: So, it is quite a challenge once you see, when you're having to place the septic field and the well <br /> 42 and the building. It makes it for an extremely tight location. And you may be wondering why we <br /> 43 didn't push the building all the way down to the, what we're proposing as the 75-foot reservoir <br /> 44 setback. There are a few reasons for that. One is that this is the distance that the adjacent <br /> 45 properties and multiple other properties on the lake have been afforded this setback of 75 feet. So <br /> 46 that is one reason. Another reason is you can see the well. Wells in Orange County require a 50- <br /> 47 foot setback. They also would like a 40-foot setback from the property line, although they will, <br /> 48 under certain circumstances, give you some leeway on that, but it would be nice to have some <br /> 49 flexibility to place the well. Right now, this is the only area that the well can go as best we can <br /> 50 squeeze it in there. So, it would be nice to have some margin to locate the well. And we also <br /> 4 <br />