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•; ■ >. , .1. i-T‘ <br />•X-iur .. <br />f <br />July 21, 1994 <br />The City Council & Planning Commissioner <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />In response to your letter regarding the fence on our property, we are <br />requesting the City's consideration of a variance. This fence is <br />located within our property lines and provides a boundary and privacy <br />screen between us and Carman Avenue. Carman Avenue is an access road <br />from Casco Point Road down to the lake. Carman Avenue is presently <br />being used as a public swim beach, an area for people to park their <br />cars and bikes, and a place where people can walk down to the lake. <br />We purchased our home in July of 1987 and have never called the City <br />regarding any problems concerning this public area. We felt when we <br />purchased our house the existing fencing, our shed, and the line of <br />large evergreens along our property line would help substantially <br />eliminate any possible problems which could result from living next to <br />a public area. Last year we added to and remodeled our home. In the <br />process of improving our property, we needed a variance because of <br />hard cover in the middle zone. The City gave us the variance provided <br />we tore down our 20' x 8'-4" shed located in the southwest corner of <br />the lot down by the lake. We agreed to remove our shed and have done <br />so. After removing our shed, the existing fence became exposed and <br />was in need of major repairs. We will present pictures of both the <br />new and existing conditions of the fencing and landscaping at the <br />meeting August 15th. After examining the existing fence, we saw that <br />the posts were not treated lumber and most of them were rotted out at <br />the ground. This condition plus many broken horizontal boards created <br />a safety hazard for both the public side and our side of this fence. <br />Por this reason, we choose to rebuild the fence in its same location <br />in lieu of slowly replacing vertical posts and horizontal boards. <br />This safety hazard could cause injury to some person or child or <br />create a law suit.