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LAKEWOOD DEVELOPMENT INC. <br />1212 EAST WAYZATA BCHA.EVARD. WAYZATA, MINNESOTA 55391 <br />(612) 473-2588 • FAX (612) 476^)465 <br />September 6, 1996 <br />^ f %• <br />- 1 <br />City of Orono .• j <br />Orono Planning Commission <br />PO Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />r* <br />* <br />Ladies and Gentlemen: <br />The purpose of this letter is to describe the reasons why we <br />are requesting an amendment to the residential development <br />restrictions for Sugar Woods. We have acquired the lot <br />whose address is 2005 Sugar Woods Drive and have looked <br />carefully at the options available to us to construct a home <br />that will be in keeping with the neighborhood and respectful <br />of the topography and forestation. For the reasons I will <br />describe, we find it necessary to apply for an amendment <br />that will permit us to construct the home entirely within <br />the building envelope, but in such a manner as to utilize a <br />side loaded garage and driveway. <br />The topography of the building envelope is sloping right to <br />left across the front of the lot in such a fashion that if <br />we were to ise a front loaded garage that came within the <br />building and environmental envelope entirely, we would be <br />forced to have a very steep and unsafe driveway. In <br />addition, the garage floor elevation would be several feet <br />below that of the m.ain floor of the residence, necessitating <br />the use of several steps. Lastly, we would have to remove <br />not only more trees, but much larger maple trees if the <br />driveway was to come in within the building envelope. By <br />bringing the driveway in at a gentle slope, as you can see <br />on the enclosed site plan, we can save all of the bigger <br />trees and will only have to remove approximately twelve <br />maple trees that are six inches or larger outside of the <br />building envelope. <br />As you can see on the proposed site plan, the side yard <br />between the driveway of our proposed residence and the <br />neighbor to the west will be planted with eight foot tall ox <br />taller Black Hills spruce. There are no evergreens in the <br />area between these two homes and our eight foot high <br />evergreens will provide a very substantial screen. By <br />permitting us to construct the driveway within the <br />environmental restricted area we will remove fewer smaller <br />trees, have a substantial evergreen screen to the neighbor <br />1 <br />(■* <br />\