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Stephen Longman <br />BUILDERS,I N C. <br />June 22, 1993 <br />Re; 960 Tonkawa Rd. <br />Variance Request <br />IS <br />[Va.■G <br />Tf i <br />t <br />/ <br />\X ■j <br />iA. <br />Dear Jeanne: <br />The following is a brief recounting of why we suddenly find ourselves applying for <br />a variance. As you recall I instructed the field crew from ROit Krueger and Associates <br />to locate and stake the existing driveway and show it on our survey when we came <br />before you for our original variance request regarding average lakeshore setback. <br />When the technician in the survey office was preparing the final drawing he noticed <br />that 1200 sq. ft. of the existing driveway was inside the 75' lakeshore setback. He <br />took it upon himself to change the driveway on the survey/site plan so that it <br />conformed to the code. He did not tell me that he did this, nor did he realize he was <br />wiping out half a grove of mature hardwood trees with the stroke of an erasure. We <br />proceeded with the project under the assumption that the driveway on the survey was <br />the driveway as it. in fact, existed since 1921. Had we known otherwise we would <br />have surely dealt with it at our first variance hearing. <br />We consider our hardship that the driveway has existed in it's current location for <br />over seventy years, that the driveway, by your standards, has always been hard cover, <br />and that to move it outside the 75' lakeshore setback would destroy 6-8 mature oaks <br />and maples. Please note that we would not be disturbing any of the 50 feet of existing <br />marsh vegetation on the lakeshore which provides run off filtration or any other <br />existing trees or vegetation. We would shape the existing driveway so that the drainage <br />would be away from the lake and towards the grassy area to the west which is already a <br />collector from the adjoining lots and provides first stage aeration before the run off <br />enters the lake. Furthermore this driveway configuration facilitates safe ingress and <br />egress for the site. <br />Jeanne, please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or helpful <br />comments. Thank you for your patience and professionalism during our past meetings. <br />Sfeve TJSngman <br />P reside n <br />STEPHEh/ LONGMAN BUILDERS. INC. <br />"Custom Built Homes" <br />13539 Oak Hill Ct., Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55346, (612) 937-2987