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PC Euhibit B <br /> s h a t r a ���.i����� <br /> t�.��� . <br /> � o � pan ,. � MA� � 0 `���� <br /> � <br /> C1TY OP QRONO <br /> ..� <br /> Apri121, 2015 <br /> Orono City Council and Planning Commission <br /> c/o Ms. Meianie Curtis,City Planner <br /> City of Oroao <br /> 2750 Ke11ey Parkway <br /> Qrono, Minnesota 55356 <br /> Re: Wyman Side Yard Setback Variance Application Attachment No.3 of 3 <br /> Dear Ms. Cwtis: <br /> On behalf of James and Kathlyn Wyman,please find be3ow responses relative to the qucstions asked on the <br /> City of Orono's "Practical Difficulties Documentation Form." <br /> 1. "The property owner proposcs to use the property in a reasonxble manner not perroitted by the <br /> 7.oaing Chapter." <br /> R�asonable manner: under the present official zoning controls for this property designated as a LR 1 A <br /> two acre district, the present lot size is nonconforming at 1.35 acres. The lot width is nonconforming <br /> deviating from the district widtl�af 204' #he entire depth from the lakeshore at about 128' north to <br /> Ferndale Road W. with the maximum width occurring through the wetlands just off of Ferndale at about <br /> 172'. The present hardcover overall is conforming and reanains so under this proposai. 1185 Ferndale <br /> Raad West has unique to itself property configurations that inhibit and prevent reasanable use under <br /> present day official controls: <br /> a. Property Confi tion se�survevl: <br /> The property has 5 measurable edges,with a sewer easement running thrvugh th�e middle of the <br /> property, artd the narthern half as a designated wetland. This amounts to approximately 58%of <br /> the site as unbrxildable, leaving about .57 acres as buildable which includes the area within the <br /> 75' laiceshore setback. Property access is accomplished via an easement for the driveway through <br /> the adjoining property to the east. Site grade elevations with respect to the 100 year floodplain <br /> only allow for a slab on grade foundatian without potential for either a basement or crawl space. <br /> h. Continued Use: <br /> Despite these challenges, the owner believes the property has been developed ta a reasonable use <br /> and simply wishes to redevelop the property to xnaintain it and to make it better thmugh indoor <br /> vehicle and lake apparatus skarage vs. outdoor clurier. <br /> 2. KThe pltght of the landowner is due to circumstances anique to his property not created by the <br /> landowner." <br /> Having lived on the property for almost ]1 years, ali site non-conformities were in plsce at the time of <br /> purchase in May 2004. <br /> 4 S 4 S e c o n d S t r e e t • S u i i e 1 0 U • E x c e 1 s i o r , M N 5 5 3 3 1 <br /> p h o n e : 9 5 2 . 4 7 0 . 9 � 5 0 . f a x : 9 5 2 . 4 7 0 . B 4 0 7 <br /> w e b s i t e : s h a r r a t t d e s i g n . c a m � e m a i ! : i n f o � s h a r r a t t d e s i g n . c o m <br /> � � � � � <br />