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24 August 1992 i <br />Mayor Barbara Peterson and City Council Members <br />Edward Callahan, J. Diann Goetten, Gabriel <br />Jabbour & Mary Butler <br />City of Orono, Municipal Offices <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 <br />» I 1 Q o 1Auo to —• <br />Re: #1750 Charles and Shirley Pyle, 3548 Ivy Place <br />Variances for Hardcover & Lot Coverage <br />Dear Mayor Peterson and City Council Members: <br />Continuing in the process to receive a variance for hardcover & lot coverage <br />on the above property, Charles & Shireley Pyle myself attended our 2nd <br />Planning Commission Meeting on 17 August 1992. U'e had expected to receive <br />unanimous approval on the request for variance, because we had fully complied <br />with the directives of the Planning Commission Members at our first meeting, <br />20 July 1992. <br />This compliance was documented by Jeanne A. Mabusth, Building & Zoning <br />Administrator, in her 11 August 1992 memo to Chairman Kelley and Planning <br />Commission Members. Our revised plan following the Planning Commission's <br />directives included the following items: <br />- Reducing roof structure below the directed amount. <br />- Increasing the amount of hardcover reduction by 172 sq. ft. over the 1445 <br />sq. ft. previously proposed. <br />- Submitting a replanting schedule for two large oak trees to be removed. <br />Because of our compliance with all the directives, we were completely <br />surprised by the 17 August Planning Commission Members vote against our <br />application as submitted. We were also surprised by the fact that only one <br />Planning Commission Member had been at the last meeting and was the only <br />17 August Member to have visited the site. He was the only Member to vote <br />for approval as submitted but was not seconded. We find the lack of continuity <br />between the two different Planning Commission groups confusing and frustrating <br />in our attempt to proceed with an addition that we and tlie adjacent neighbors <br />feel is a big improvement to the property. Both neighbors were willing to <br />come and voice their approval, but we told them it was not necessary. <br />The whole point in moving a two car garage adjacent to the house, was to <br />give a unified appearance to the house as a whole and have a covered connection <br />from garage to house. Existing bedroom windows prevent attaching the garage <br />to the house.