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i i i I CITY of ORONO Municipal Offices Street Address: 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono. MN 55356 Mailing Address: P 0. Box 66 Crystal Bay. MN 55323 C066 Mr. Pat Wolfe 2871 Casco Point Road Wayzata. .Minnesota 55391 Re: Storage Shed Dear Mr. Wolfe: Pursuant to our discussion of May 31,1 understand you will not be providing the City with a revised survey showing your new storage shed as being within your property boundaries. Consequently, your after-the-fact variance application has not been scheduled for the June Planning Commission meeting. You indicate it is now your position that the storage shed is actually an "ice fishing house ’ which you intend to move out onto the ice each winter and store temporarily on the shore in the summer. I advised you I would review the City codes regarding the status of "fish houses". As a "shed", your building is considered as a permanent structure; as a "fish house", it is considered as a temporary structure. Both permanent and temporary structures are dealt with similarly in Section 10.55. Subd. 8 and Section 10._ ’ Subd. 2. Neither temporary nor permanent structures are allowed within 75’ of the lake nor encroachina past the average setback line. Neither you nor any other resident are allowed to store a "fish house" in the lakeshore yard not meeting the setback requirements. A temporary structure is considered hardcover, is an encroachment, and is regulated the same as a permanent structure. Your comment that many property owners on Casco Point have tish houses stored ne,xt to the lake has no bearing on your individual situation. Furthermore, our shoreline inspection tour of the Casco Point, West Arm, Forest Lake. North .Arm and Carman ’s Bay areas on June 2nd found no more than five 'fish houses" on appro.ximately 14 miles of shoreline. They simply are not being stored on the shoreline at the vast majority of lakeshore residences. The City’s position on your building has not changed and will not change no matter what you call it. Further, the City has no survey that shows this building is located or stored within your property boundaries. Absent such a survey, your after-the-fact variance request cannot proceed Telephone (612) 473-7357 • FAX 473-0510