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L <br />05 y t)0 <br />Land Use Variance <br />4115 and 4125 Highwood Road <br />We are requesting a land use variance to keep the hill from <br />falling slowly into the lake. The hill is slumping. This <br />slumping is causing walk ways to tilt at strange angles <br />causing difficult walking. The slumping is also causing the <br />beautiful rock retaining wall to crack and lean backwards. <br />This wall is an integral part to the structure of the yard. <br />The current hill is ( at places ) in excess of 45 degrees and <br />most of it exceeds 30 degrees. These steep angles makes it <br />impossible to safely mow any grass which may grow there, and <br />due to this situation, there is normally more weeds than <br />grass. Ov’er the years low maintenance ground cover has been <br />put in but weeding this area is very difficult due to the <br />angle of the hill. Weed killer is out of the question due to <br />run off into the lake. <br />We would be adding less than 68 square feet of hard cover and <br />would be removing 410 square feet of hard cover. The hill as <br />it currently exists is deteriorating and impossible to <br />manage. These changes will improve the looks of the yard and <br />at the same time the terracing would slow the rush of water <br />during rain storms which enters the lake directly and allow <br />it to percolate slower. <br />CONSTRUCTION DETAILS <br />The retaining walls would be constructed of 5X6 treated <br />lumber. They would be nailed together with timber spikes and <br />there would be an L-shaped tie down timber sunk at least 48 <br />inches below grade and attached to the retaining wall with <br />angle irons and wood screws.