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ROBFRT P LARSL kN <br />IEFFRtY W LAMBERT <br />KATHLEEN M. ROER <br />LEE R. BISSONFTTE <br />BRUCE A. BOWER <br />PATRICIA YOEDK.KE <br />K^AY H MCCARTHYN1HS P RHODE <br />RAYMOND E. PIIRALNE.N <br />CITY rc ORONO <br />Build'- nd Zoning <br />Post a Box 66 <br />CrystL. Bay, Minnesota 55323 <br />LARSON & L; Q i6 RT . <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />1000 SUPLRIOR BOULEVARD <br />W AYLATA, MINNESOTA 55391 <br />(612) 475- 3435 <br />Re: Variance Application <br />Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Durda <br />3135 North Shore Drive <br />Ladies and Gentlemen: <br />August 21, 1986 <br />OF COUNSEL <br />D JAMES NIELSEN <br />Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Durda, 3135 North Shore Drive, have retained our '-aw firm <br />to request setback and hardcover zoning variances, if necessary, to allow for certain <br />construction related to their homestead. The contractor is Mr. Arlan Stoltenow, <br />telephone 1-395-2652. Attached is the City of Orono - Variance Application, along <br />with the required exhibits. <br />First, the Durdas seek to extend a current three (3) foot wide balcony <br />approximately sixteen (16) feet to connect with a balcony off the master bedroom. <br />This extension is being requested primarily for safety reasons. The second floor <br />master bedroom balcony is currently the only fire escape from the master bedroom. <br />Please note that this balcony is of wooden plank construction which, although it <br />does interfere with the direct absorption of rainfall into the ground, does allow for <br />rainfall absorption into the ground between the planks. It should also be noted that <br />this three (3) foot wide balcony is situated approximately eight (8) feet beneath an <br />approximately thirty-two (32) inch ove; hanging eave, therefore the actual hardcover <br />interference is significantly less than the three (3) foot width of the balcony. <br />Second, the Durdas have replaced an approximately 72 foot square first floor <br />concrete patio with an approximately 144 foot square wooden plank platform <br />sidewalk. The former concrete patio had deteriorated to the point that it was unsafe <br />as well as no longer fit for the purpose it was designed. The platform sidewalk was <br />constructed as a logical walkway with steps due to the contour of the property. <br />