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<br /> <br />5159 Main Street Suite 200 Maple Plain, MN 55359 763.479.3117 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Variance Request <br />2665 Casco Point Road <br />Orono MN <br />Gordon James Construction recently built a custom home for the Gutermuth Family at the above address. <br />When the family purchased the home a few years before the property included a boat house at the lake shore. <br />During the course of the planning and construction of the new home the family requested the boat house be <br />updated. The boat house was in poor repair and needed new roofing and siding and they wanted the <br />appearance from the lake to be improved and for the boat house to match the color, materials and look of the <br />new home. <br />Architectural designs were created which maintained the integrity of the basic structure and added a gable over <br />the new entry door, a chimney stack to emulate the homes chimney and a stone façade to enhance the <br />appearance from the lake and complement the house. Focus was on maintaining the footprint to stay within <br />the strict hard cover requirements of the property. It was overlooked at the time of design that these elements <br />changed the overall envelop of the boathouse and they were included in the renovations. At the time of the <br />final inspection for the certificate of occupancy it was noted that these elements were outside the allowed <br />modifications and that a variance was necessary to maintain the elements on the boathouse. <br />Also noted in the final inspection are dock sections which are placed in front and the side of the boat house. It <br />is the homeowners intent to remove those dock sections as winter conditions subside in the spring. Steps will <br />be continued from the boat house to the grade level. <br />The variance is being requested to be able to keep the boat house as finished. The added elements enhance the <br />like-side look of the structure, complement the aesthetics of the house and of the overall look of the Point, do <br />not interfere with line of sight from either neighbor and has in fact turned an eyesore into an attractive lake <br />lifestyle element. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />