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we could avoid going over four-fect in height on any one level, which would require <br />assistance from a mechanical engineer. <br />Hie south side of our home needed retaining rails as rail. There was previously a <br />caiport tn this area. Its removal leR a large bank of dirt that was washing away with every <br />ram shower A^n. we built a 2-tier retaining wall to avoid going over four feet in height <br />on any one level and also to create an area for a potential patio, since we still had no <tek <br />and were unsure of what was going to happen on that score. On the west side of this area <br />we built a small retaining wall just to keep the dirt from washing away. <br />In addition to the retaining walls, we have several garden areas surrounded by rows of <br />OTall field stone. Again, we weren’t thinking about hardcover when we did this we were <br />just tiying to inakc our landscaping more appealing. These can be removed if absolutelv <br />necessary for the cons^ction of our deck. We also didn’t include the walkxvay from our <br />dnveway to our front door on the original plan, simply because we didn’t know what we <br />were going to do. <br />We don ’t fee] our driveway or retaining walls are egregious in size or nature, and our <br />n^rejor building them as they currenUy stand were based primarily on safeiy and/or <br />The deck, which is too small for a dining table and chairs, is basically to allow us to exit <br />the wi;st side of our home, which has two 9-foot patio doors and a 6-foot patio door We <br />feel we are asking for something very reasonable - especially compared to our first' <br />^nance application and what we had originally hoped to do. Frankly, what w^ %vant to <br />build can hardly qualify as a deck - it’s more like an elevated walkway on the first level <br />and a balcony on the second. * <br />I wuld like to stress that this home is not e.xtraordinarily large, and we don ’t have a <br />disproportionate amount of hardcover. We own nearly an acre of land plus several <br />adjacent lots that are xvetlands; unfortunately a rather large percentage of that is non- <br />buildable. We reduc^ the hardcover in the 0 to 75-foot area significantly, and feel that <br />cvei^hing we have done to this property has been well within reason and has <br />signi^antly improved the overall appearance of the property and the area in general We <br />have tned to do ^vhat we felt was best for this piece of property, as well as the safety of <br />our family and the people in the surrounding area. I designed this house and all of the <br />landscaping my husband built the house and executed most of the landscaping plans. <br />This IS the place we want to raise our family and spend the better part of our life We are <br />not trying to make a buck, we simply want to live our lives in peace. We hope you will <br />allow us to do that. <br />Sincerely, <br />Gina Fink Kosek