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City of Orono <br />Community Development Department <br />270 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />Letter of Intent for Zoning Variance for: <br />Paul and Sherry Skoog <br />250 Tonka Ave <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />Parcel ID: 0511723140028 <br />Dear Planning and Zoning Members, <br />We are requesting a variance for above address to seek relief of the required rear yard setback for the <br />reasons detailed below. <br />First, per Zoning Sec. 78-305. LR -1A district (Area, height, lot width, setbacks and yard requirements) the <br />following requirements shall be observed: <br />Lot Area (Minimum): 2.0 acres. <br />Lot Width (Minimum): 200 feet <br />Due to the size of our lot (150 feet wide by 125 feet deep) we qualify for the following non -conforming <br />lot exceptions: <br />Exception #1. Side yard setback. The side yard setback of the principal building shall be the <br />lessor of ten feet or equal to ten percent of the lot width (150 feet x 10 = 15 feet). The lessor of <br />these is ten feet. <br />Exception #3. Front yard setback. Due to our non -conforming lot size the setback of the <br />principal building shall be equal to the average depth of the existing front yards on the adjacent <br />lots on each side of the non -conforming lot fronting on the same street. <br />South neighbor setback: 33.0 feet <br />North neighbor setback: 30.7 feet <br />The average of these would allow a front setback of 31.85 feet. <br />The proposed home will qualify for the above exceptions but we ask for a reduction of the rear yard <br />setback to 45 feet from the code requirement of 50 feet. Moving the home back would help to reduce a <br />problem with our somewhat restrictive driveway placement. Due to the existing uphill grade of the <br />existing front road and corresponding hill on our property caused by placement of the road we are <br />limited to building a driveway on the far north side of the property. We are further restricted by a storm <br />drain placed on our property. Putting the driveway south of the storm drain causes an even steeper <br />driveway than the ideal location. Moving the house back 5 feet will lessen the driveway and required <br />apron slope, reduce the height of a probable retaining wall, and save an existing mature tree in the front <br />yard. <br />