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pictures showing the slope on the rear of Lot No. 25 were intro- duced as an exhibit. Mr. Lawson advised that the engineer, Delbert Hobson, believed that any structure should be at least 10 feet away from the dropoff and for this reason, there was a limited type of home which could be built on this lot and also a limited size home. He also advised that other lots in the area would have similar problems and that the property owner of Lot No. 20, Mr. Crismore, and of Lot No. 21, Mr. Lockwood, had no objec- tion to the request. The Board then opened the meeting up to remonstrators. Mike Johnson, the owner of Lot 26, an adjoining property owner, stated that he was opposed to the variance. In particular, Mr. Johnson said that he had designed his house for this particular lot and purchased this lot with the location of his home along the tree line being a major consideration for his choice of lots. Mr. Johnson stated that the Herrins purchased this lot with full awareness of the drawbacks in building loca- tions on it and size of homes which would fit on it. He stated that he did not want to build his home in a manner that would have it looking in the back door of another house, and since his house would be set back seventy feet to utilize the tree line and slope to his benefit, any structure with a set-back of only 25 feet would enter into his view. He also stated the original owners of Lot 25, Klay Builders, had a home which would have sat on this lot and been within the 40 foot set-back line. Norman Connell, the owner of Lot 27, had a question as to where the property would sit, and after being shown this informa- tion, stated that he had no problem with the proposed variance. -2-