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November 5, 1993 Jeanne Mabusth City of Orono PO Box 66 Orono, MN 55323 RE: Variance Approval #1842 Dear Ms. Mabusth: Thank you for your time on November 3, 1993 regarding the minor changes on our variance approval. Per the City’s request, the following changes and reasons tor them are addressed. Enclosing of Existing 2nd Story Peck We started this project with a plan, but as we have learned in remodeling, even the well thought- out plans may change. A wall that we were expecting to remove was found to be a load bearing wall. Removing this wall would have turned into a major construction project and considerable expense. With the wall remaining in place and the 4 1/2 / 12 pitch of the roof, this greatly reduced the amount of actual living space we were hoping to gain. The pitch causes a reduction in head room 2’-3’ from each outside wall. As we of>ened everything up we decided that in order to eliminate this h; dj.hip we could raise the ceiling height by changing the pitch of the roof to a 9 / 12. In turn a 30" to cantilever was needed to gain the living space we were kxrking for. This cantilever extends to the south, which meets the DNR requirement of no turther extension to the east or toward the 929.4 water table line. We have also discussed this with our neighbor to the south, and she has no problems with the extension. Other issues: We were told by the window company, Pella, that our existing windows to remain in the room would not be classified as egress if installed today. Also building codes require windows to be at least 18" off the tloor or they must be tempered. The existing w indow s are 6"-8" off the tloor and we considered this change safer, as it is a child’s bedroom. 'Hiree Season Porch