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Page 3! <br />In addrton to *Vie arocsfiy t»ng i:^43at lata ioctad * proetTf *as at <br />I <br />a» access Avamja mfmn ElNM Avanut slogs Pbniptff s^o^ of trw gtopafty <br />tost aooorgr«g Id if«y turvay ff4p I ttmt lha progeny* Ms had prawous <br />vanaoea granSM lo iotoa 9m profttom but i am not awara of 9w spaoMcs of <br />iMtrafnady <br />TM praand (mrm of ina propaftyT had a modest s^ed house afsch has baan <br />ra car ^y demotshad <tfi o# 900 sq ft) The 'tod* huM «ras sit«.{Md on 9!s <br />isval pttosau of Iht proparty* approienaiofy r> 9ta Incabon shovn on 9ia <br />attached map Tha'oaf house sat s&ghry forward (toward the tote) of our <br />and tocaton <br />The pmparV ’ atoo reits on a hd Tha hd drops approurfhafafy 35 fast frem BSs <br />fnre to toa Mch (l^ tuda) Tha oviiour lirm$ of 9« new s;te survey try Ron <br />Kfuaoaf d Asa ocia ia i a not cerract raia ta d to "a* oreoanv fcna AnaKurata <br />atovabon and coraour map wd avantutofy be mqurad whan a new buSdaig Sita <br />on *9to propany* has baan a pproved <br />ft. TM property to tie south of Srto *c“ has loiia shore nghts eccorOng to the ownar <br />(Gordy Amundson) This proparly (]%97 Elha< AvarHia) toan, would dafma tot <br />hna tor an average take short proparty sat back undar my tnlarpratation of the <br />city code Prasumebfy a *sma!i ’vartonce for an avtrase Itoie totora setbac^^ was <br />praviousiy gnsmad for tha "oid” houaa on lha proparty ' <br />Eftou^ of to# hi^ory, on toa hay poirds <br />II was our wHont with toe May 18,1992 totter rafararKad ^>ova to be proactva n o new <br />use of lha property * Wa ui intend to ba proa^va Howavar, wa era at a toss at to <br />understand why tha planning department would not be as cocKemed as we are about <br />toa impact to LaSa Minrtotonka toa new propoaad buadmg and bmidtog site prasants <br />And with adequate notification, the new property owner »requestosg yet anotMr <br />variance on tNs property Wa strongly oppose ar>otoar variance for th«s property <br />Enough is enough" An property mvestor or speculator should not ba abto tr ' push tha <br />tohtts" and biMd an out of code house A house praviousty sat on ’’toe proparty* and a <br />new house calamfy can too but at an appropnata site lo^tion with an appropriate <br />Size A propeny speculator knows that mere are n«ks to an irtvestm^rt and there are <br />rules that must be foiowed. not planned to be breVan W'e believe that toe >ritent of the <br />setback ordnance is to (1 ) protect Lake Minnetoma as much as possible from direct <br />buikj ng runoff water and to (2 ) iocite lake shore i ^tsidencet at an ethesticaily pleasing <br />average distance back from tha waters edge We therefore feel that tha present <br />vanance request is blatantly "economic" to nature and far from "hardship statement" m <br />toe March 1 1 . 1993 city memo <br />In addition, the proposed new structure is intended to have a lootprinr of some 2600> <br />sq ft We have estimated that toe "old" house that occupied Ihe prope'V had a <br />"footprint" less than a third of toe new proposed "footprint" and potentia y would have