Did you ask how much $$$ it will cost to "ask" for the variance? Ours here are up to $1000. That's to "ask". There's no guarantee. I went through that 12 years ago with my other garage because I was 3 feet too close to boundary line. Luckily at that time it was only $350. But they told me part of my granting of my variance was that I was only allowed to go 9 feet high with my doors. Said the 10's were too commercial looking. REALLY??? I took the brick off the side of the existing house and used it on the front of the garage. This one's 30x52. I had to go two extra feet so I could get around the well. It's in a concrete pit.