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r <br />Arthritis and Rheumatology Consultants. RA. <br />J4»p C GcfT.»n M 0 <br />Jcdy K Hsfgfcv# M 0 <br />S*rr»o. MD <br />Pvji h iVa/u. M D <br />Ja»*’evL w*'*c« 00 <br />K um F Zif^r-afmar M 0 <br />Oav-d C Zcsc'^a MD P^O <br />A C.*n-c c» Boafd Ceft RNjjmatoiogists <br />7/a H Oc'na'' V 0 <br />P^ora (6r2)332 624S <br />FA* IA’2* 233 <br />'/*r*v3r iV MD <br />P-cf^a •'63>55t-WC4 <br />F-j *;• ,u.^ <br />P^ora <952)593 19*9 <br />fax (952)893-1954 <br />December 15. 2002 /A <br />B^.E.-Weinberger <br />Cit>* Planning/Zoning Administrator <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />I . <br />CJt 'i Cr0 = 0 j <br />RE: Rq>air of deck at 2040 Shadywood Residence <br />Dear Mr..\V.£iob<rger <br />I am writing to request a building permit to repair my existing deck. My general contractor. Scott Cooper, <br />has already reviewed ^e plans with you. j\pparently there are some issues that need to be resolved. <br />Some histoncal information is important here. When we bought the house in 1993, the whole 50 foot deck <br />was enclosed w ith a roof and an extensive railing system. This was removed in order to remodel and expand <br />the structure upward. We actually reduced the total building coverage by 350 square feel by removing a <br />glassed in patio area and a sky port. <br />Not unexpectedly, the deck floor (carpet and plNwood) had detenorated w ith its new* exposure to the elements. <br />It has been unsafe to w'alk on for the past year. I have to replace the total deck flooring. I need to replace <br />the railing s^-stem and reroute the stairs to satisfy safety codes. 1 am requesting to rc-enclose a small portion <br />of the deck (12 feet) to protect us from the elements. No additional building coverage is in these repair plans. <br />Several issues need to be discussed; <br />I. Sight line restrictions : Because our home is on an c.xcavatcd lull there never was any interference with <br />the neighbors* lake view with ilic old co\crcd structure nor will there be with the repaired dock. My <br />neighbors agree with this (see enclosed letters). Additionally my neighbors have a privacy fence betw cen our <br />properties and I have grown a dense arborx itac hedge also to block any view of the deck. <br />2. I oi coverage bv smicmre: By >*our calculations we are over by 228 square feel. Note that we have never <br />added a single square foot to this coverage with our remodeled structure and in fact reduced it by over 350 <br />square feet (see paragraph one). This repair project does not add any covered structure square feet Our <br />original approved remodeling plans (1993) allow for another 108 feet of covered structure but this was never <br />completed for lack of funds at the time. <br />7210 Ffarc* A.«ou« <br />Mf< «*.i35 <br />(952) 893-1353 <br />3C32 UT4 <br />t.n 5i-ur <br />1763)5*1-9404 <br />9C5 Art 9 jk3#vj <br />M'rveacc-'S WN !5 t02 <br />(612) 333 6245