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Q yt a u��ativ versonai note.t don't want tn le�ok tQward the lake and find mvsetf <br /> S�rtn�a�a mammorn�arage rather than Iool�ng at natnre. And with a 15.5'height? <br /> �nac s taller than mv home.three ho�s�s awav frvm the�ropased garage;and also <br /> taller than the bome two�ouses awaq from the pmpfls�i gara�e. 'T�is nronose� <br /> proiect is out of sr.al+�vvith tt�e existi��l�ome on#�Q va�'cel and ou�c�f scale with the <br /> character of the bloc�.. <br /> The garage proposed wouid sit on a lot vf appro�imately 5,Z00 sc}uare feet On that <br /> l�t, even without the proposed 441-square-foot garage.the current hardscane <br /> (rou�hlvl ��ivaR� <br /> - The home(Approximately 1,515 sq.feet� <br /> - The attached deck iApproximately 2Q0 sq.feet) <br /> - -3 coacrete drivewav �A�Pro�mate�1,000 sq.feet� <br /> - The broken-up concrete slab(leftover fro�razed�araggl with adde� <br /> decking acting as a patio for the hflmeowuers(Ap�r��mately 500 sc�.feetl <br /> - Impermeable rubber membrane�eneath landsrapin�in frontva�d and <br /> around the ve�i�eter c�f the home(APPmximately 500 sq.feet� <br /> - Imvermeable cc�ncxete b�ock vla�ting bed bcx-ders(?) <br /> - Impermeable pavets and pea gra�el surroundi�g the atxached deck(?) <br /> Basically,the only�rmeable surfa�ca�t�e proneertv is the small section of land <br /> west of the old,broken-up concrete garage slab%south af the deck to the creek; and <br /> -tze 12 feet from th�old.broken-u�cancrete�r�ge slab to the creel� Rough <br /> �uess—approximately 1,QQU square feet�pos�ibly up to 1,50Q square-feet to <br /> manage the runofffor 5,100 square feet of lanci. E}n a parcel this small,with this <br /> much existing hardscape,adiacent to Stubbs CreQk and no mare�a�four or fiv� <br /> houses away frc�m the bay,a�proving t�esQ varia�ces would be negli�ent at bes�. <br /> I'�i be willin�to consider a mu�h s�aller,sh�rter garage,spaced within the standard <br /> �ide yard setbacks and situated in svch a�a�Lhat it dc�n't 4n the guality of"lake <br /> 'lfe"for their neighbors. In reviewing such a revised�r+�n�al in i�e future.I woul� <br /> urge that the Gity foliow hardscape ordinancaes as clvsely as possible,b_y instructin� <br /> the owners t�remove as much existing hardscape as necessar}�to miti�ate tht <br /> additional hardsca�e of the added�arage,in an effort to minimize storm water <br /> runoff and avoid further co�nvromisin�the health of the Minnehaha Creek <br /> Watershed Distr-ict and Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Sincerel��, <br /> G�� c <br /> ��� <br /> ;Qalen Whitmore <br /> �403 East Lake Street <br /> �rono, MN 55356 612-281-7257 <br />