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September 9, 1983 Citv Council of Orono P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, Minn. 55323 Re: Guenther Roth - Zoning variance #695 I am the owner of the property located on Lots 17, 18, and 8 of Baldur Park Road. At present there is a garage located upon Lots 17 and 18 and a home located upon Lot 8. Baldur Park Road runs between these structures so that the garage is on one side of the road and the home is on the other. It was my desire upon purchasing this property, to upgrade it by first remov+.g and rebuilding the garage which is quite old and rundown and was becoming an eyesore and by later remodeling or rebuilding the Home . To this end, I made application to the City Planning Commission last year for a zoning variance to allow the demolition and rebuilding cif the garage on Lots 17 and 18. At a meeting of the commission held on July 19, 1982, the commission set various conditions upon the approval of the variance which concerned the size of the structure, drainage, and support. The question of the location of the garage seemed to have been settled as seen by the minutes of that meeting. Subsequent to that meeting, I had plans prepared by a contractor for the building of a new garage on Lots 17 and 18. Those plans took into account all of the recomendations and conditions se_ 7..rth by the commission. The plans were submitted to the commission for what I assumed would be their approval. To my surprise, the commission responded by changing the conditions to include building of the garage upon Lot 8 rather than Lots 17 .and 18 and by further putting me on notice that no further variances would by granted for improvements to these lots. Since this was not acceptable to me. I sent a letter to the commission prior to the August 15, 1983 meeting of the commission requesting that they reconsider the placement of the garage as well as the possibility of ma King changes in the home. A copy of that letter is attached for your reference. In spite of the fact that the garage has existed uaon Lots 17 and 18 for years and that the neighbors on both sides of me have been allowed to rebuild their homes, my requests were turned down completely. The building of the garage on Lot 8 is unacceptable to me and quite arbitrary in light of their previous decision last year, and the fact that no one has made any objections to my plans. I would therefore request that the council approve