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JOSEPH K. MIMMS 25 Brown Road South Long Lake, MN 55356 October 14, 1986 i Mr. Mark Bernhardson ocr 5 +.9 PO!- City of Orono Administrator P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 Dear Mr. Bernhardson: I am requesting that. the City of Orono waive its informal staff policy with regard to required surveys for replacing outbuildings on property in Orono in our case. In talking with your zoning and permit staff people, I have been advised that an appeal to you is necessary as a first step; failing your approval, an appeal to the City Council is in order. facts of this matter are as follows: My wife and I are replacing an old garage/barn outbuilding at 25 Brown Road South, Orono. The building had stood for decades at its old location. Our proposal is to build a somewhat smaller carriage house garage on the same site. The new garage will be totally within the old garage's four walls. This property has exchanged hands three times since 1959 with the old garage on it. (We have a 1959 photograph of the garage given us by the County Assessor's Office.) There have been no challenges in any of these transactions with regard to encroachment. (Your informal staff guidelines mandate 10 feet of clearance, and I will address that matter in a moment.) The legal description of this property, reprinted as Appendix I, has not changed since 1950. I have appealed to your staff members to examine the facts of this matter for themselves, because the facts speak for themselves. They have demurred, preferring instead to force us to contract for what will prove to be an unnecessary and overly expensive survey. Because I believe this decision to be questionable, I appeal to you to examine our property for yourself and to make your own, independent cc�clusion. The factors to consider are: