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request because the value of the building was not high enough to justify the cost of the repairs we needed to make, and it could not authorize us to put a new building on that property once the old one was torn down . As a result of the Board's decision, and because there did not seem any avenue open to us to repair the 1908 Barber Drive building, we proceeded to tear down and remove the building (except for foundation footings) in October , We also removed several trees at the same time in anticipation of future construction . We are now asking for permission to erect a 20 by 32 foot addition (and an 8 by 32 foot deck) to 1910 Barber Drive, and to tie it in about midway on the east wall of the existing building. To do so, however, would exceed the "average setback" for normal high water level , which we have measured and estimate to be 53 . 5 feet when one averages the distances from NHWL of primary residences for 200 yards either side of our property, (Since the addition is planned to be placed slightly more than 10 feet from our property boundary, there will be no problem concerning side boundaries . ) At present the current building ( 1910) is situated 40 feet from the NHWL. We wish to locate the addition as a wing off 1910 which would set 48 feet back from the NHWL . On the front of that addition we also wish to erect an 8x32 foot deck to run about two feet above ground level the entire length of the addition, but no closer to the NHWL than the front of the current building ( i . e . , 40 feet) . There can be little question that we need the space to accomodate guests and family. The existing building is only 728 sq. ft; we are asking for an addition of 640 sq ft . When one adds in the square footage of the garage (640) and boathouse (484) to the existing building and the proposed addition, we still fall considerably below the 35% minimum allowance for the size of the property we own . Our "hardship" is the present location of the residential building on the property. Currently all water, gas and electric lines come into 1910 at the extreme southeast corner of the existing building. To allow us to add an addition to 1910 about midway along the east wall of the existing building will leave those lines and meters undisturbed, permit continued access to the plumbing and water pressure tank housed under the building at that corner, preserve the architecture of 1910 by allowing us to retain existing roof lines and tie the roof in at the center rather than the end of the building (thus creating a building in the shape of a "T" rather than an "L" ) , and facilitate access to the addition without disturbing any interior walls in the existing building . We feel we have already substantially improved the property