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/ <br />April 30, 1991 <br />Jeanne Mabusth <br />Building and Zone Administration <br />P. O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />Dear Ms Mabusth: <br />I am a new resident of Orono and have been a taxpayer since December 21, 1990 when <br />we took possession of a new home we had built in Sugar Woods. I am writing to you to <br />request what 1 understand to be a variance that would permit me to create a circular <br />driveway on my property. I am requesting the variance for the following reasons. <br />1.I have 2 young children under the age of 7 years. They both ride tricycles and <br />two-wheelers with training wheels. The ciurcnt access to my home is just below a <br />rise that inhibits the vision of motorists who are proceeding west until they clear <br />the crest of the rise just before the current access to my property. A circular <br />drive would provide my children access to Sugar Woods Drive well beyond the <br />hill crest providing motorists traveling westbound adequate time to slow down <br />and/or stop. Further, a circular drive would provide my children more surface <br />area on which to ride their bikes without having to enter Sugar Woods Drive. <br />2.The current entrance to my home is directly behind an island on Sugar Woods <br />Drive. The island divides traffic on Sugar Woods Drive and substantially narrows <br />the road that provides access to my driveway. Further, a recently placed <br />municipal sign directs all northwest traffic through this narrow lane. The island <br />prevents access to my home for cars that are approaching from the west. They <br />must turn around in a driveway or make a U-tum. A circular drive would permit <br />access to ray home from both directions. <br />3.In my business I frequently entertain at my home. Because I may have froni 40 to <br />60 people for dinner and half as many cars parked in front of my home, a circular <br />driveway would be very useful in keeping at least half of those cars off the street <br />and out of the narrow section of the street that serves the entrance to my home. <br />Parking in that section of the street I believe will effectively block it. <br />i <br />^..1 .