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n -»! /;r-/- X . : / .. •ft I- <br />CIT\ OF ORONO <br />HARDSHIP VARIANCE REQIEST <br />DON A. WINTER <br />4620 N ARM DRIVE <br />MOCND, MN 55364 <br />SITE I.OCATION VARIANCE <br />1“ <br />OCR NCMBER ONE CONCERN IN THE CONSTRl CTION OF A STORAI'.E <br />BUILDING IS ITS ESTHETIC EFFECT ON OUR PROPERIY AND THAT OF <br />OUR NUIGHBORS. OUR HOUSE IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF 4 <br />ACRES OF BEAUTIFUL SUGAR MAPLE, BASSWOOD, AND RI:D OAK <br />TREES. WE DO NOT WANT TO ANY THING THAT DESTROYS THE <br />BEAUTY OF THIS WOODS. <br />WE SPEND A CONSIDERABi.E AMOUNT OF TIME IN KEEPING THE <br />WXK3DS CLEAN AND IN THE LANDSCAPING OF OUR FRONT AND BACK <br />YARD. WE HAVE lOO'S OF FLOWERS BL(X).MING ALL SUMMER LONG. <br />OUR LAND IS CONSIDERED PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED THE "GREAT <br />WOODS". WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE THE VIEW’ OUT OF OUR <br />BACKYARD PICTURE WINDOW, PATIO AND DECK. <br />IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US Tu PLACE THE BUILDING IN A LOCATION <br />THAT COMPLEMENTS THE HOUSE AND DOES NOT REMOVE MANY OF <br />THE OLD MAPLE TREES. IN THE PROPOSED LOCATION THIS BUILDING <br />SHOULD NOT BE VISIBLE TO ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS EITHER IN THE <br />WINTER OR SUMMER. THE BUILDING WILL HAVE OUTSIDE WALLS OF <br />ONLY 10 FEET, AND A ROOF PITCH AND COLOR TO MATCH THE <br />HOUSE. <br />LOCATION #1 (OUR CHOICE) <br />• BUILDING IS IN FRONT OF HOUSE BIT TO THE NORTH & DOES NOT MEET CODE. <br />• BUILDING IS RirN^ING NORTH & SOUTH WITH GARAGE DOOR TO THE SOUTH. <br />• REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF ONLY TWO DEAD ELM TREES & TWO MAPLES. <br />• LOCATION IS LEVEL ANT) WOULD REQUIRE NO RLL. <br />• LOCATED CLOSE TO POWER POLE - ENTRANCE WOITD BE LIT BY YARD LIGHT. <br />• BUILDING CAN NOT BE SEEN BY NEIGHBORS EITHER WINTER OR SUMMER. <br />• SHORT ACCESS TO PRESENT DRIVE WAY WITH NO TURNAROUND NEEDED. <br />» DISRUPTS VERY LITTLE OF THE OPEN WOODS. <br />• AESTHETICALLY THE BEST PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDING ON OUR 3.9 ACRES.