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years ago the problem has gotten worse. Mr. Crouch asked if there was a valley there that flows to the east and Mr. Curry said the water come down the alley from High Street to South Street and at the corner of his property there is a drain that the town put in on the east side in the last six to nine months. And this has not helped. Mr. Crouch asked Mr. Holloway if he knew which way the water flowed and Mr. Holloway said the water flowed from the north to the south, except when if gets to the alley if flattens out and part of the problem is some of the building in the area are built low. Mr. Curry said his lot was the lowest on South Street. Mr. Holloway said to address Mr. Curry concerns, that when this gets to the Minor Platting that Mooresville does have an ordinance that they cannot increase the down stream discharge. They have enough area between the proposed house and the existing house to create a small retention area to contain the small water that they might creade by the construction of the proposed house. Granted that there is no place to take it to, but that is where the water goes now. They propose instead of trying to shed it off on Mr. Curry or even the neighbors to the north to retain the water on their site. To make this aesthetically pleasing and workable they might have to put in a stone bed, like a large dry well area. Mr. Crouch asked Mr. Holloway if he was familiar with the drain that Mr. Curry spoke of and he said he was. He said in photo number 5 you can see the drain. A few years ago the town had a project, in fact hired them to write some easements to construct a storm pipe from South Street down over the hill to the creek. He does not know how well these function, frankly by looking at the location it is high and Mr. Curry's dwelling is low, lower than the drain, so the drain does not do a whole lot of good. Mr. Crouch stated that the water for the proposed dry well had no place to go except underground. Mr. Holloway said that was what happens to everything up and down the alley and South Street, if it can't go down the pipe it goes underground. Mr. Curry asked if the town had put in a drain from South Street to the Shopping Center. Mr. Holloway said they have several years ago. Mr. Curry said it had not helped. Mr. Currens stated that that drain helped certain areas, but Mr. Curry's house was so low that it did not help him. Mr. Tom Moody, 126 W. South Street, said he went along with Mr. Curry, his lot and the lot next to his gets flooded when it rains. He stated that the drain did not do any good. He asked if they were proposing to build a double, and was told it will be a single-family dwelling. Mr. Currens said the property was not going to be rezoned; it will still be single family_ Under the Finding of Facts Mr. Barry said the water issue was still a problem to him. Mr. Swisher asked if the construction would increase the water problem. Mr. Barry said there was precedence for the problem in the area. Mr. Holloway said they would stipulate as part of the variance it be require that they not only provide for the drainage ordinances with drainage easement, but that they must construct some kind of retention system that will keep the extra water that they might generate from going on the adjacent lands. Mr.