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07/26/199& 10:00 6123790001 rtS;.M iiP-IHlTECTS PU-3E o: <br />^ e <br />f <br />MULFINGER, SUSANKA & <br />MAHADY ARCHITECTS, INC. <br />43 Mom Siren SE.Su.tf 4 10 Mirn<!>orml.'. 55 *14 Tetep^O''*? <4.12) J'^V-303'' Fax i^l 3i }79-OOfi1 <br />ftmcIpAli: <br />Dale Mglf.ni|€f <br />Su^«nka <br />M-rhadd <br />AdiocUtM: <br />Paul Buum <br />Kathprine A Caftrecte <br />Kftty R Dav<» <br />Timothy FuUet <br />Robert Ce«1ot^ <br />|ovrt>bG <br />luly 26, 199b <br />Mikf Goffron, ,As5 slant Planning and Zoning Administr.uot <br />Cilv of Orono <br />2^50 Kellt^y Pciikw,-iy <br />P.O.Box 66 <br />Cry-Slal Bay. MN S5.12J <br />Dear Mik<»: <br />At the reqoexl of my cl*ent>. llm and Mel 155.3 Easley, I have helptxl them to assemble <br />flat.’i fo support their ft*CjU€st tor variancr^^ ir*! allow them to build a new garage <br />structure lhi< yf*ar, and to build a new home in the future, on their property at <br />4105 Highw'ood Road. <br />you know, all thf lotx in th.5 ar<ra .Kt- significantly smaller than the staiHlard lot Km <br />which the Zoning (Ordinance was written, and thus almost all new construction, <br />•additions and remodelings lequire at leasi one and usually mo'e than one variance. <br />The Easley's lot is no exception. <br />Currently they have the following problems: <br />a. An exKfing garage that is unsafe, and. according to a stiuctural engineer tliey <br />retained to ^Movide a report on its soundness, may not lost through the coming <br />winter. <br />b. A retaining wall supporting the wooden stairway connecting the house with the <br />garage that vvas installed impro|>erly, (probably without the required frost footings , <br />and needs to be replaced. <br />c. ^ slope within the buildable area of the lot that is close to and fXissibly greater than <br />25%. (This will be determined with topographic data lieing collected over the <br />coming week). <br />d. Run off from the westerly neighhot’s pio|?erty onto the Easley s property, causing <br />erosion along .in unretamed bank l>etw.iNin the two properties. <br />e. An existing house which is Currently situated entirely within the area between the <br />lake and the 75' lakeshore set back, so that even if they were to add on to any part <br />of the existing house, a variance would be required. <br />f. Twdjfl" diameter, m.iture. healthy and beautiful maples located along the east <br />property line that would preclude any construcrion within at least 10 ami <br />preferably 20 teet of their trunks. <br />After reviewing the situation with the Easleys, I made the following recommendations. <br />a. That we propose to locale the new garage striK ture as close to the westerly <br />property line as the City will allow, SO that we can use the side wall of the gaigae <br />to serve as a rr t.iming wall foi the cunently' eroding bank, and so that we can <br />r0contijs^ur€‘ the run off frou^ neighbors property tO si^y on th^t properly rather