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� a <br /> 4. The proposal shows a garage that is excavated to a depth of 18'. <br /> a. This seems quite unsafe to excavate to such a depth in such close <br /> proximity to the high and low pressure sewer lines in the easement. We <br /> would be surprised if the city engineer would be in favor of excavation <br /> and ov,er dig in the easement below the depth of the sewer lines for the <br /> safety of the sewer lines. This was discussed as a consideration iii the <br /> design of our home. <br /> b. If the proposed house does not have the excavated garage it will not meet <br /> the 2/12 stories requireinent under the new definitioii of story. <br /> 5. The proposal states that it is unreasonable to build a house with a 980 sqr ft <br /> foundation with a 576 sqr ft garage to meet the hardcover requirement but this is <br /> exactly what numerous newly built houses on the lake have. See 2216 Shadywood <br /> Rd as a proposal passed at the Nov 2006 planning meeting. <br /> 6. Our house was designed to optimally capture the views of the lake, this includes <br /> the large lake views over the cunent house at 4205. We designed our house <br /> knowing that we could never expect our views to improve but that seldom, if ever, <br /> does the planning comrriission allow a new house to block the views of an <br /> existing house. As you can see in the pictures from our fust and second level the <br /> views will be significantly blocked if the house is built as proposed. <br /> 7. Numerous houses have been forced back due to hardcover issues and often this <br /> makes it so the house has to be built behind existing houses. See pictures of <br /> a. 1360 Orchard Beach Road just two houses away and under construction. <br /> i. See'pics 3 &4 <br /> b. 1690 Shadywood Rd <br /> i. See pics 5 &6 <br /> c. 1740 Shadywood Rd <br /> i. See pic 7 <br /> ii. All of these houses had proposals that the planning comrnission or <br /> plaruiers rejected because they needed too much hardcover to <br /> move closer to the lake. Each house was built more than 20 ft <br /> behind neighboring houses. � <br /> 8. In our building pernut for 4209 North Shore Drive, we were required to build our <br /> home substantially behind the average lakeshore setback line due to the same <br /> utility easement that is referenced in this application. • <br /> We feel these points more than show that the proposal is unreasonable. Also note the . <br /> letter we subinitted as part of the packet for the Nov 2006 meeting. Please note that if <br /> any comnussioner has questions about our letter we cau be contacted at 612-823-5432. <br /> Also we invite all comnussioners to inspect the views from inside our home. <br />