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des, <br />company <br />May 20, 2015 <br />Orono City Council and Planning Commission <br />c/o Ms. Melanie Curtis, City Planner <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 <br />RECEIVED <br />MAY 2 0 201 5 <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />I <br />PC Exhibit B <br />Re: Attachment 1 to Zoning Variance Application for John & Sherri Thiesse, 3855 Bayside Road, Orono. <br />Dear Ms. Curtis: <br />On behalf of John & Sherri Thiesse, please find below responses relative to the questions asked on the City of <br />Orono's "Practical Difficulties Documentation Form." <br />1. "The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the <br />Zoning Chapter." <br />Reasonable manner: under the present official zoning controls, the present lot size is conforming, the lot <br />width is conforming only from the front (lakeside) of the existing home (located approximately 15 ' in <br />back of the average lakeshore setback on the north side) to the lake, and the present hardcover overall is <br />non-conforming; despite being permitted under less restricfo,:e zoning controls.at some past dates. 3855 <br />-Bayside Road has unique to itself P,roperty configurations that inhibit and prevent reasonable use under <br />present day official controls: <br />a. Property Configuration (see survey): <br />The property has 8 measurable edges; and tends to be very long and narrow and .cannot be <br />changed. <br />b. Continued Use: <br />Despite these challenges, the owner believes the property has been dev_eloped to a reasonable ·use <br />and simply wi~hes to redevelop the property and.make better, the pres~nt non-conformities <br />per MN.St.Stat. 462.357, Subd. le. <br />2. "The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the <br />landowner." <br />Having lived on the property for about IO years, all existing non-conformities, and hardcover were in <br />place at the time of purchase in September 2005: <br />464 Second Street • s·uite 100 • Excel s ior , MN 5533"1 <br />phone: 952.470.9750 • fax: 952.470 8407 <br />web s ite: s harrattdesign.com •· email: info @ sharr a tt.design.com <br />t~ 37 48