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05/20i1908 04�43 KADLEC&RSS�CIATES. . . . . . . . 61; <br /> �� <br /> Jznu�ry 9,2UU 1 <br /> Mr.Ro��ald Moorse try Facsimilc&U.S. Mail <br /> City of Orono <br /> F'U box 66 <br /> (:rystal Bay,MN 55323 <br /> Re: 2G9G Carolinc Av�. Variance Nocice-�'2651 <br /> Dear Mr. Maorse: <br /> As rc:sideiits uf tlie adjoiNi�g lot to thc cast al 272G Caroline,thig Iettcr documeuls our concern regarding <br /> the requests for variancc 1�eity ordnances and the grnnl.i,�g of�empocAry occt�pancy for thc building site at <br /> 2b96 G�rolinc Avc. <br /> Having built a home ourselvcs in 1988/8�,we are very familiar witti t�ie city of Orono building ordnanees <br /> aud rules for building on lakcsl►orc property. The building t►cxt door has been riddled wi�l�issues t�nu�tl�e <br /> be�inning. There has hecn apparent premeditated disrcgard uf cily oi�diuvues and intcnt to defraud tl�e eity <br /> r-..'_...._.__�_...�._.---- <br /> �nd nei�hboFs. <br /> S}��c�rc�l�, f;�lse housc pLans and survey documents wcre submitted to_tli.e_city for bt�ilding appraval. <br /> -- <br /> Thc ltousc:was ll�e��t�uilt lo a iiiucl�larger sc�l.�, Having built our liome,we are awarc that to build�lArger <br /> liome tlk�n the originalJy staicd foc��print, �uajur cliauges to foundat;on, th�ordcriiig of roof tnisses,ctc. <br /> etc,,in,tdv�nec is rcquircd. Having the house"happen to cnd up larger"is au impossibility. Disrogard for <br /> tt�c 1►ardcc�vcr n;yuirc,u�uts is just oue of several rnrtstanding issues. To our knowledge a clr�it�age plau hAs <br /> ,yet to be subniitted,uuended violation to It►c sct baCk t�c�uit�Rie��is eY�st--tnro rctaining walls l�ave heen <br /> ,�..,o_.____ _�...,,�....�.._�.. _. ....... _ _ ..,�,�..,_. - <br /> built and a deck which is Ucing callcd a patio, <br /> Duri�►g tl�is eutire cuiutructiou process,thc city was mxdo aware of the concerns of t.hc ncighborhood. We <br /> as wetl as others, tk�ve had to hire outsidc survc,yors and consultants to rechcck the work iu progress rnther <br /> th;m rely on thc city 10 inonitor il. Wc beliave il�e city ltas been dcrclict in ils responsibility lo protect��s <br /> from this sort of fraudulcnt buildin ivllv. <br /> We can unde�•sl�nd and support rec�ucsts for variancc approv�l due to"hun�.�n error',but this situation was <br /> premaditated siid planned wiili no concern for the neighborhood x��d with to�l disi�spzct for tbe ordnanccs <br /> _ _.�_- <br /> that average residents must adhere to, Tn July wc bcli�tic tl�e btiilder stated hi s i ment�-"Yrn�can try and stop <br /> rnc,bu1 T am building as fasl as T can. pncc i�is�wlt,all I lu�ve io do is rec�ucst a variancd'.It would be of <br /> inlcn:sl lo knuw Low ivauy titues llus builder roulinely requests va��anccs as s convenient afier thought. <br /> We�vill have to live with the result�of lhis wuslrucuoi�fur the remaiuder of our residencc at our home. It <br /> l�as uudoubtabl,y rcduccd�ia valua of our l�ome. lt is ob�vious 10 cvcryanc thai thc building is uiappropriate <br /> �o tlie lot au wlucl�it s�auds. It wilt be a coustant renunder of the selcetivc�plic�tion of the laws and <br /> ordnnnces by the Ciry of Orono <br />