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Melanie Curtis
From: Melanie Curtis
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 1:48 PM
To: 'tmmccune@me.com'
Cc: Lyle Oman
Subject: 1473 Bay Ridge Rd
Attachments: Variance Application -entire packet 2011.pdf
Hello Tom
I have read the letter you sent to Lyle Oman, and have reviewed your property file. I also received your voicemail from
this morning. Your property is located within the LR-1A zoning district. The zoning code relating to this zone may be
found here.
When looking at the survey in your file (dated 1995) it appears that your home sits f16-feet from the south, side lot line
and approximately f 14-feet from the north, side lot line. The required principal structure setback from the side lot lines
in this district is 30-feet. If your project will not increase the height of the roof from what is existing (at all) in the area of
the 30-foot setback it can be done with a staff-issued building permit. From my reading of your project description it
seems the roof pitch would be increased and the portions of the roof within the 30-foot side setback would get taller. Is
this correct? If so the approval is a bit more involved; a City Council-approved variance would be necessary.
I believe you went through the City's variance process in 1995 with the addition to your home. Today's process is a bit
more entailed than the process in 1995 and there are some additional factors at play. Last summer the State Supreme
Court made a ruling on a variance appeal which caused the granting of variances to be put on hold. I can discuss this
with your further if you'd like but for all intents and purposes the type of variance you would be requesting would not be
able to be approved today. The Legislature is currently reviewing a bill which would allow Cities to grant variances
again. Our latest update says this may be adopted and put into law around Easter. Again, we can discuss this more if
you'd like but essentially my advice to you would be to make an application for a variance by our April 20`h deadline so
you are not held up a month if the law is approved next week. If the law gets hung up and for some reason doesn't pass
quickly we can hold your application an additional month or so until it passes.
I know this is a lot of extra information you probably weren't expecting. Please call me so we can discuss further.
Thank you - Melanie
Melanie Curtis
Planning & Zoning Coordinator
City of Orono
2750 Kelley Parkway
Orono, MN 55356
Direct Dial: 952.249.4627
Fax: 952.249.4616
Planning &2oning Office 952.249.4620
Email: mcurtisCo2ci.orono.mn.us
Website: www.ci.orono.mn.us
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RE: 1473 Bay Ridge Road Roof
Dear Lyle,
Our house at 1473 Bay Ridge Road in Orono was originally built in 1960
and was a basic 65 ft. by 26 ft. rambler. We added a sun room to the east
side in 1996 and a bedroom, bath and garage to the west side in 1997.
The original rectangular rambler portion of the home had a very poor roof
design, particularly in regard to insulation. All of the ceilings are vaulted
and the roof structure consists simply of 2x8 roof rafters at 16 inches on
center, 1 x8 roof sheeting boards, and asphalt shingles, with 6 inches of
fiberglass insulation in the cavity and sheetrock on the underside of the
rafters. Even though there are soffit vents, there is essentially no space to
ventilate this roof.
We have experienced ice dams and water leakage during the winters. In
2009, we re-roofed the entire house with GAF Timberline 40 Prestique HD
shingles and used heavy ice & water shield over the entire old roof. We
have still continued to experience ice dams and water leakage.
We have considered a number of options such as removing the roofing &
sheeting and spraying the cavity half full of foam insulation but we would
still have minimal opportunity to adequately ventilate the roof. Therefore, it
is our intent to construct a new roof structure over the old house and install
additional insulation on top of the existing roof and create an appropriate
attic to provide continuous air space that can be appropriately vented to
create a "cold roof."
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The ridge on the expansions on the east & west side of the old roof are
higher than the old roof and both have a 4:12 pitch while the original roof is
flatter and has a 3:12 pitch. We may do a 5:12 pitch on the new roof
which would be a better and safer solution for ice dams over this
problematic area. The new roof structure including eaves and gable
overhang is 1500 sq. ft.
When we did the new additions in 1996 & 1997, we replaced all windows
with high efficiency windows, new exterior walls in the new structure were
2x6 construction and ceilings were heavily insulated to meet the energy
envelope requirement for the entire structure. The City of Orono approved
the energy envelope calculations at that time.
The proposed work is to correct the above described problem only and no
work will be done to the inside of the house nor will it change set-backs,
hardcover, or any other code issues. A few plumbing stacks and the
chimney will need to be raised.
I would appreciate knowing from you specifically what I would need to
submit to you to obtain a building permit for this work. I worked with you
personally when we did the projects in the mid 90's. I have talked recently
with Dan Altendorf (who was also involved in 1996197) at Scherer Brothers
Lumber and Scherer proposes to do the new structure through the use of
new scissors trusses. We would remove the existing eaves & overhangs at
the old area and install the new trusses.
I would suggest that I provide you with our site plan, a roof plan lay-out,
truss calculations, exterior elevations, and a general description of the work
and specifications for the proposed products. The work would be
performed by the same general contractor that did the additions in
1996/1997. i would lik to do the work this summer.
Thanks for your help. I would appreciate talking with you after you have
reviewed this letter. I will give you a call in the next ten days or can be
reached on my cell at 239-591-1381 or by email at tmmccune@me.com .
Sincerely,
Tom cCune
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