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January 21, 1994, Sapa and Eriksmoen, 1015 Linden Lane, Orono, MN 55364 �� f,___ ..� �� c �o� �_____��r�o �� Mr. Lyle Oman ��:-?_ _-__ _ ;� . , Building Official City of Orono PO Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN J A N 2 5 19g4 55323-0066 Dear Mr. Oman, We received your letter dated January 3, 1994. As always, we have been and are willing to comply with the rules designated by the City of Orono with regard to hardcover. This is why upon your request we rernoved over half of our driveway, walkways which surround our home, plastic that was under the landscape rock, and our deck which you checked and found satisfactory. We do not, however, feel there is any misunderstanding with regard to our current situation. We bought and moved into our home in the fall of 1991. We did not build the circular driveway, put plastic anywhere, nor construct the walkways around our home, nor did we build the deck but our home purchase was made in part because we liked these things. We do not understand why the City of Orono chose to wait for 2 years after we moved in and years and years after these violations occurred to enforce the rules. Furthermore, we do not understand why the rules are different for different people. Mr. Oman, the survey that cost nearly $1000 that you required of us (not the previous owner) shows our neighbors house at least 5 feet over the 75 foot line. You however say that his survey shows it is not. So why does he get to cornply with a different standard? --You'll have to understand that our frustration with this is because our neighbor at 1027 Linden Lane and his Realtor think the whole situation is very funny and they have not hesitated to share this with other neighbors. You ask our neighbor to comply with something, and then he apparently distracts your attention by making noise about us. We did all of the work you requested including removing our deck. We (Mary Sapa) specifically asked you Mr. Oman, once on the phone and once in person in your office if we could build a retaining wall to hold back the dirt that was under the deck in an effort to save our foundation. We (Mary Sapa) explained that we would like to use those landscape rocks that have become popular lately. You said this was okay.