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■ ■'ill i..nwgiii<l JULY 25, isaa CITY OF ORONO P. 0. BOX 66 CRYSTRL BRY, MN 55323 RE: BUILDING PERMIT VRRIRNCE RPPLICRTION ir j. : V 1 “. #■ TO WHOM IT MRY CONCERN: ENCLOSED THERE IS R BUILDING PERMIT RPPLICRTION, TWO COPIES OF MY CONSTRUCTION PLRNS, R VRRIRNCE RPPLICRTION RND R SIGNED NON-OBJECTION LETTER FROM MY NERREST NEIGHBORS REGRRDING THE PROPOSED WOODEN DECK ON THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY. THE MRJOR PERSON I LIVE WHERE I DO IS THE ENJOYMENT WHICH THE VIEW OF LRKE MINNETONKR PROVIDES ME. THE IDER THRT I HRVE TO JUMP THROUGH RLL OF THESE BURERUCRRTIC HOOPS SIMPLY TO PUT RN UNOBTRUSIVE DECK ON THE FRONT OF MY PREMISES IS REPUGNRNT TO ME. PER THE INFORMRTIONRL PRGE ON YOUR VRRIRNCE RPPLICRTION, THE HRRDSHIP WHICH I MUST ENDURE IS ONE OF LRCK OF SIMPLE COMMON SENSE. I HRVE ENCLOSED SEVERRL PHOTOGRRPHS OF OTHER DECKS BUILT ON STRUCTURES ON MY IMMERDIRTE BLOCK WHICH DO NOT MEET YOUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS RS TO SETBRCK DISTRNCES. I RM NOT INCLUDING THESE PHOTOGRRPHS SIMPLY TO SHOW YOU THRT OTHER EXCEPTIONS HRVE BEEN MRDE OR HRVE BEEN GRRNDFRTHERED INTO PLRCEj RRTHER, MY INTENT IS SHOW YOU THRT DECK ON THE FRONT OF ONE’S PROPERTY IS MORE OF R MRTTER OF STRNDRRD RND RCCEPTED PRRCTICE IN OUR LOCRLITY. I WOULD COMPRRE IT TO THE OWNERSHIP RND MRINTENCE OF DOCK. IT EFFECTS THE "ORDERLY DEVELOPEMENT RND USE OF THE LRND" RND EFFECTS RBOUT RS MUCH "HRRDCOVER" RS R DOCK. WITH THRT MINI-TIRRDE OUT OF THE WRY, I WILL RTTEMPT TO EXPLRIN MY CONSTRUCTION PLRNS. RS YOU WILL RERPILY SEE WHEN YOU LOOK OVER THE CONSTRUCTION PLRNS, I RM NOT RN RRCHIECT BY TRRDE. IN RN EFFORT TO CLERR UP RNY QUESTIONS WHICH YOU MRY HRVE I WILL INCLUDE R BRIEF NRRRTIVE REGRRDING MY CONSTRUCTION PLRNS. THERE RRE TWO TYPES OF LUMBER WHICH WILL BE USED IN THIS PROJECT. WHEN THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THE NONVISRBLE, SUPPORT, FRRMING MRTERIRL WILL BE CONSTRUCTION GRRDE TRERTED PONDEROSR PINE (HERERFTER REFERED TO RS TRERTED). THE VISRBLE OUTSIDE CRSING RND THE DECKING ITSELF WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF REDWOOD LUMBER (HERERFTER REFERED TO RS REDWOOD). THE FOUNDRTION OF THIS DECK BUILT NERREST THE EXSISTING DWELLING IS BUILT ON aX12Xia CONCRETE BLOCKS. THERE RRE TWO 2XSX10 TRERTED RUNNERS (CUT TO LENGTH), BOLTED WITH METRL BOLTS RND RNCHORS, WHICH FORM THE RERR HERDER. THE FRONT HERDER IS RLSO CONSTRUCTED OUT OF TWO 2XSX10 TRERTED RUNNERS, TIED TO R SERIES OF FIVE 4X4 REDWOOD SUPPORT POSTS. THERE RRE 15, 10 FOOT, TRERTED, 2XB JOISTS RUNNINGS BETWEEN THESE TWO HERDERS. ERCH OF THESE JOISTS RRE CONECTED TO THE HERDERS ON BOTH ENDS BY JOIST HRNGERS. THESE JOISTS RRE SEPERRTED BY 16 INCH CENTERS. THE TWO OUTSIDE TRERTED JOISTS RRE ERCH FURTHER CONECTED RTTRCHED TO TWO 4X4 RND ONE 2X4 REDWOOD SUPPORT POSTS. THE REMRINDER OF THE DECK IS VISRBLE RND IS CONSTRUCTED WITH REDWOOD LUMBER. THERE IS ON 2X4 SUPPORT POST ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DECK LOCATED NEXT TO THE DWELLING. ON ERCH OF THE 10 FOOT LENGTHS, THERE IS R 4X4 POST SITURTED FIVE FEET FROM EITHER END RND ANOTHER 4X4 POST ON THE PORTION OF THE DECK LOCATED ON THE FRONT CORNER 0'=’ DECK, AWRY FROM THE DWELLING. CONECTED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THESE SIX REDWOOD POSTS RRE TWO 2X6X10 REDWOOD BOARDS WHICH FORM THE OUTSIDE PORTION OF THE TWO 10 FOOT SIDES. ^ . V •j f-'W