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September 26,1996 <br />City ofOrono <br />2750 Kelly Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />) - • <br />■** <br />Dear City Council: <br />This application is for a variance to be able to keep a building that is located forward of a new <br />home that we are building on our property at 1920 Sixth Avenue North. <br />Currently, we are in the process of building a new home on our property in Orono. We decided <br />to place our home on the back half of the lot in order to reduce the amount of road noise audible <br />from the house. At the time the site determination was made, we believed that by removing the <br />plumbing in the existing home the property would conform with city codes. However, the <br />existing home does fall forward of the home we are building and therefore requires a variance. <br />The hardship that we will experience without the variance is that the code will severely restrict <br />the use of approximately three acres of land. We believe that this code was designed and is more <br />applicable to maintaining aesthetics on city blocks. Our property is almost four acres in size. <br />Our new home and the existing home are approximately 150 feet apart and can hardly be seen <br />from each other because of the extensive tree cover on the property. From the road you will only <br />be able to see the existing home. <br />The structure that we would like to save is the Wolsfeld home that was build in 1910. The home <br />is structurally sound and has had a cosmetic clean-up since we purchased the property in 1993. <br />If the variance is granted, the home will continue to be restored. Our intentions are to maintain <br />the structure in good repair and remove the bathroom and kitchen plumbing in the home. We <br />would then use the home as an area to store and work on our growing collection of antique <br />furniture. Even though the structure is small, it must also have some historical significance to <br />the area. <br />By granting the variance the City will not limit the usefulness of our property. As we believe <br />that the City Council has granted similar variances in the past, we are hopeful that your approval <br />will again be granted. <br />Thank you for your time and consideration of our request. <br />Sincerely, <br />Brian & Beth Carrington <br />*1 <br />i