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ROELOFS B <br />REMODELING & RENOVATION <br />December 16,1998 <br />REQUEST FOR VARIANCE <br />1750 SHADYWOOD ROAD <br />SITE CONDITION: <br />The subject property is a small lot (less than Vi acre) on the West shore of Crystal Bay. The site <br />is generally flat though located on a modest ridge. The main yard rises approximately 6 fwt <br />above the street, continues flat and then falls uniformly to the lake (28% slope). The site is not <br />heavily wooded but mature trees and some bushes exist. The existing house is small (746 SF). It <br />contains a small Bedroom, Kitchen, Living Room and a Bath. Winding stairways approximately <br />30 ” wide provide access to a finished expansion space beneath the roof (100 SF over T tall) and <br />to the full basement found under approximately 2/3 of the building. The house built sometime in <br />the 20’s or 30*s is in generally good condition. No Garage is located on the property. A 5’ x 5’ <br />storage shed encroaches on the county right of way. <br />REQUEST: <br />The request for variance comes in two parts. <br />The first is acceptance of the existing conditions. Tiie existing house lies too close to the <br />shoreline and too close to the North property line. The house was built long before the setbacks <br />were established. <br />The second part of the request is for a variance for hardcover to construct an addition to provide a <br />two-car attached Garage and an asphalt driveway with turnaround. Construction is contemplated <br />on top of the Garage to expand the house at some point in the future but when is a function of <br />budget, timing and such. Plans submitted present a comprehensive design solution and “wish <br />list.” <br />The Garage building is a basement garage type requiring some cutting of soil to provide access <br />and some likely retaining of dirt. Specifics are as yet unclear. The Garage, though lower in <br />elevation, is designed to borrow approximately 4 ’ from the existing basement to perform at a <br />nominal width of 22’ (24 ’ less two 12 ” block walls) while maintaining the required sideyard <br />setback to the South. The depth of the Garage, nominally 36’ is designed to provide adequate but <br />not generous storage at the front of the Garage for lawnmowers, snow blowers and the like and to <br />provide space for a legal and acceptable stairway between the main floor and the lower level and <br />Garage. <br />The proposed driveway would be minimal in width, slightly wider than the garage doors, tapering <br />quickly to one car width. The turnaround would allow for nose first entry to Co. Rd. 19. <br />The variance required would be for hardcover totaling 51.1% in the 75’ to 250’ zone. No greater <br />encroachment toward the water is needed. No expansion of the portion of the existing house that <br />is within the 0 to 75’ zone is requested or contemplated. <br />11900VJAYZATABOLLE\:\RD • SL1TE2I2 • .MLN.NETONK.A, MN 55.’05 <br />Fax:6l2-5l2-0-i69 * Phone: 612-512-0 110 <br />t<r»*»No llJ4> <br />i <br />d <br />i\ /. • <br />!l <br />.%•—VN A { /'/ <br />\D '-L',