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To: Orono City Counc il Members Dec t=: .. mber 8, l 9·92. From: Lee and Julie Har ren DEC . 1 ·o 1992' Il.e: Variance application for Thiesse at 3845 Bayside Rd. We co-own the property adjacent and to the E ast of the Thie sse property. The Thiesse 's are app l y i ng for a side l ot variance and a hard cover vari anc e in orde· t o add a second story to their residence. In 1990 , they were already granted sever-al varia11ces to build a t,·rn stall garage on their 8,000 s qu are foot lot. One o f the reasons they were granted the variances i s that'' the re is no additional land ava i l abl e to be p ur chase d, ... " ( see attached City Counci l Resol u tion #28 12 ) Th e house is constructed withi n 10 feet o f the East l ot line. T 1e s t eps and the si dew a l k are within ' of the l ot lin e, We have asked J ohn Thie sse to: 1) buy the property, 2) lease the property, or 3 ) not use the property, We are concerned about the leg a l li ab ilit y i n th e event a member of the Thi esse f am il y is inju re d wh il e using our property and John 's homeow ne rs li abi lity i nsurance carrier initi a te s a c a im agnlnst u s , DL1ring thi-=> s lfilmer, John had a r:-h:i ld ren' s swing se t and boat trailers on our property. Du e to our grow ing concern, we as k e d that he remove the items . Now he has ap ili ed for anot h er bui l ding ariance ask i ng f or a s ide l ot var i ance and the condit i ons have changed. There is l and avai l ab l e for h im to acqu i re to the East thu s e limin a ting the nee d for a s ide lot variance, The previous var i ance was granted predicated partial l y upon the prem i .se " .. , this area which t 1.e ::i,pplicant :u rently ma i n t a i ns a ppear s visually a part o f th e app li cants yard are,<,, ... " ( see City Council Reso luti on #2812 dat ed 5 /29/90 s ig ned by former Mayor Grabe~ ). This i s o ur land the Ji· y co uncil is referring to and it is the l and we wish to se ll to th e Thiesses p r i or to their obtaining a buil ding permit. We have offered to se ll the l and at an appra ised val ue, -,ut h .. has cl osen. t o ign ore the pr oposa l and proceed ,it h this vari~nce request. Since the propert y i s ·isu-ll y a par t of his l ot and he has chosen to t reat it as s u ch, we request the v arianc8 e denied pen ing negot i atio1 towar d ac qui sition of our p ro per t .· at air ma_ke t price. cc. John Th 'esse Aust in Ev.:tns ,Jeanne Habusch SincerelT> L ee an1 Julie Ha1 ren 175 Landrn art Dr. ,Orono>55356