Setback Requirements (Parcel 114-B)

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Intro: solo bawu bamboo flute

Verse

Parcel one-fourteen-B, lot and block as surveyed,
north boundary bearing on the plat of record filed.
Clause one: front setback, twenty-five feet minimum.
Side yard: eight. Rear yard: twenty. Measured to the footing.

[Female counter-voice]
Exception. Where a structure predates the ordinance,
it may continue as a legal nonconforming use.

Verse

Clause two: the dwelling stands nineteen feet, six inches off the line.
Encroachment: five feet, six. Verified by licensed survey.
Application for variance submitted in triplicate,
stamped, dated, transmitted to the Board of Adjustment.

[Female counter-voice]
Hardship must be unique to the land and not self-created.
See Section 12, subsection (d), as amended.

Verse

Clause three: notice posted fifteen days before the hearing.
Two neighbours spoke in favour. One submitted written comment.
The Board finds: the lot is irregular in shape.
The Board finds: no detriment to the public welfare.

[Female counter-voice]
Granted subject to conditions. Conditions run with the land.
Expansion of the nonconforming footprint is prohibited.

[Spoken/Rap]
oh yeah, condition hot, one more time with a kiss, next, hoo lawd, prohibit this]

Instrumental solo

Verse

Condition one: no further encroachment toward the street.
Condition two: drainage directed to the municipal easement.
Condition three: the eave shall not overhang the line.
Condition four: a level reading on the slab, filed with the permit.

[Female counter-voice]
The bubble shall rest between the marks.
Centred. Recorded. Initialled by the inspector.

Verse

Inspection scheduled Thursday, window eight to twelve.
A finger to the sill. The dust is lifted and recorded.
The indicator on the panel turns from red to green.
Certificate of occupancy issued. Final. No appeal filed.

Chorus

Setback requirements. Setback requirements.
Granted with conditions. Granted with conditions.
Setback requirements. Setback requirements.
Legal nonconforming use. Legal nonconforming use.

Outro

Twenty-five feet. Eight feet. Twenty feet.
Twenty-five feet. Eight feet. Twenty feet.
Setback requirements. Granted with conditions.

Instrumental Outro