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. - I 24. _I Request for Variance I We are requesting a 35 foot setback from the street for our garage. The reason that we I need the variance is that we would like to have a 3 car garage as opposed to the double garage I that we currently have. The existing garage is too small to allow for any kind of storage as well as the vehicles we have. The garage door is not a standard height door and we can not get one of our vehicles into the garage the way it is now. We had considered locating a new garage on the I south end of the house but that would require the removal of several trees. More importantly the driveway down to the street would be very steep and since the lot is shady we feel that in the winter the driveway would be very slippery and would create some safety problems backing down I to Sandeen Road in the winter. In addition the visibility of the street from the driveway is not very good where the driveway would have to come down to the street. We also considered trying to make the new garage wider for storage so we wouldn't have I to make it deeper. Ifwe make it any wider than what is on the plan the garage would come across the front door and entry area which would make access difficult and the house would not look right as viewed from the street. I Since there have already been two 35 foot setback variances granted on our street and there are also three detached garages that are right on the street we don't feel that this variance would negatively change the look or character of the neighborhood. With these changes our .. house will look better from the street and be an improvement in the look of the neighborhood. Thank you for consideration. I Sin,cerely, ti~ I i",L... i LeE l(;.c\'~.l Herb Tousley 0 I I I I I -. I