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fti' <br />tJASON C. BEC41ER <br />3I4E NORTH SHORE DRIVE <br />WAYZATA.MINNESOTA EE3SI <br />July 6, 1977 <br />^'.1 <br />Mr. Gregg Hannah <br />Chairman <br />Planning Commission <br />City of Orono <br />P. 0. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 <br />Dear Gregg: <br />I recently attended a meeting of the Planning Commission at which <br />Jack Rhode, the owner of a lot adjacent to my property at 3145 North <br />Shore Drive, presented plans to build a house on the property. At <br />this meeting the Commission came very close to voting in favor of al­ <br />lowing him to build a house nearly adjacent to mine. Had this loca- <br />approved, it would have been in violation of Zoning Ordinance <br />32 201 as well as the variance granted by the Planning Commission and <br />City Council on October 15, 1974, and October 22, 1974, respectively. <br />I have carefully read the pertinent sections of the Zoning Code of the <br />City of Orono and know that it is the intention of the Code to protect <br />property owners, such as myself. For example, the Code specifies that <br />the effect on values and property in the surrounding area will be taken <br />into consideration before variances are issued (32.240). The Code talks <br />about the need "to protect adjacent property" (32.240)(e). The Code <br />“disastrous affects of intense residential development <br />Orono" and about the guiding principle of "avoiding <br />the ill-effects of over-crowding" (30.030). The Code talks about "undue <br />concentra^on of structures" (30.030). Further, the Code says that ex­ <br />isting lots of less than one acre with sewer may be utilized for single <br />family dwelling purposes without Council approval if the area is within <br />o0% of the requirements of the Zoning Code (31.202). The Code says that <br />a variance may not be granted as a "convenience" but only to alleviate <br />demonstrable hardship or difficulty" (31.340). <br />My basic problem with respect to the home I purchased on September 4, 1974, <br />can be summarized as follows: <br />II <br />•i <br />7>y/5 5; <br />liJjL da <br />u/crk J <br />ne.MS - <br />jr£AiS - <br />COPiBS <br />sekr <br />tmch ' <br />ACtlOtJ <br />p/iloR T~ <br />CoPtB^ ' <br />PlltJvT£ S <br />OBC "3.0 <br />MAy X <br />H eeri <br />rne <br />pueAS 7k <br />Ar boT** <br />AcnoP^ <br />-