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Letter of Intent for Variance Application NO: PZ2024-05 at 329 Atlantic Avenue Code Section 265.31 To Whom It May Concern, RECEIVED PZ2024-05 8/29/2024 PLANNING P ZONING W7 PT. I'm writing to you as a concerned son, brother, husband, neighbor, and fellow citizen of the amazing neighborhood we call home: Sunny Isles. Two months ago, my 72 year-old father had a stroke and was hospitalized for a month in an intensive care unit. I was told to prepare for the worst, with one doctor in the ICU even saying that if my father were to make it out of the hospital, he would be in a vegetative state. With G-d's grace and miraculous powers, I'm pleased to report my father's condition has stabilized. With this, however, my father now needs 24/7 care and supervision; this responsibility falls to me. In addition to my father's care, I am responsible for the care of my 47 year old brother, who is severely autistic. My brother is low -functioning on the spectrum and requires assistance with daily tasks; including washing himself and brushing his teeth. My brother highly benefits from having his own space at home. With all of these factors, and the hope that my wife and I will soon be expanding our family as well, I plead to you to allow me my height increase on the house. I ask for this because I need to create a separate but close space for my brother, and the current height limit on my house would not allow him to have a normal living situation on the third floor. With current zoning laws, my third and second floor limit me to a height of seven feet, while my first floor will have a height of nine feet. This is not appropriate for anyone- let alone my brother, who is over six feet tall- especially in a neighborhood like ours, where the standard ceiling heights range from 9-11 feet. The third floor, which is an elevator- accessible singular room with attached bathroom, would be solely for my brother's use and would allow him to have privacy and comfort while still enabling us to help him as he needs and simultaneously house my mother and father on the second' floor. We understand that this is a house that we are going to grow into. With the current real estate market in Florida, our family cannot afford something larger than what G -d already gave us. Given that we hope to grow into this house, with our future children hopefully attending local schools in the area, we anticipate that my now 72 year-old father and 67 year-old mother will likely need services such as an elevator at home that will accommodate them in all stages of life. As you can see, we are building a home for the future. The property has an existing structure that we plan to do a complete lition and build our new home. In trying to plan ahead for not only ourselves and our future children, but for my parents' and brother's developing needs as well, we need to make accommodations for them so that they can 33