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MACKINNON, 8TANCKE & ► REENE, LTD. <br />F_AW OFF"Ir'ES <br />1 771 7 HIGHVJAY 7 <br />MINNETONKA. MINNESOTA 5t,245 <br />JAME_SO MI.CKINNON <br />RO©ERT A STANDKE <br />MARK E GREENE AREA CODE 612 <br />DANIEL © GREENSTEIN June 19, 1986 -T F t F R!,-BONE -17.1 3221 <br />ERIC C DAMMEYFIA <br />Mayor and Council Members <br />City of- Orono <br />Crystal Bay. Minnesota 55723 <br />r,c.: Appli::ation No. 1022 <br />Charles A. Scha.11 <br />Our offices represent Stan and Betty Rudd with respect to the <br />above application. In your review of the variance request, I <br />would lika you to consider two things. <br />Fiist, if you have been able to take the time to visit the site, <br />I think you will realize that in this area of Crono the houses <br />are very close together. Immediately to the north of the Rudds' <br />hclsli there is a very hign, shear wall and building, and the <br />Scha'1s' proposal would create a similar structure immed..ately to <br />the south. The net effect would be to close t-e Rudd property in <br />to the e%tent that they would feel more like they were living in <br />a townhouse than on a lake lot. It is effects such as this that I <br />believe yc>; are to consider when you: are balancing the supposed <br />"hardship" of an e_pplicant against the invasion of the rights of <br />the neighbors. <br />Secondly, I would like to point out to you that I do not think <br />that one Council I►as the legal authority to grant the application <br />as presented. It is my understanding that in order to grant the <br />request, you need to find a bonafide hardship. I understand that <br />it is ^nmmonly held ' e1,e:y house deserves a garage and in <br />this day ai,d age it iE� _easonable to provide, where possinle, <br />that a house would have a two -car garage. In this case, the need <br />for the garage and its practical location probably do provide a <br />bonafide hardship fa-^ the construction of a garage, but the <br />hardship clearly en:is there. <br />There is ab.3cl•itely no evidence whatsoever that there is any <br />hardship with--espe,-:t to the desire to build a belroom above the <br />garage. The Schalis have stated variously that they would like an <br />