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NARRATIVE LETTER Property Owner: Jeffery Beard Owner Address: 1924 Grant Road, Arden Hills, MN 55112-7829 Owner Phone: 800-677-5958 CSDVRS Legal Description: Property ID No: Type of Use. - Zone: Type of Request: Alexander Grant Park Lot 5 Block 3 33.30.23.24.0037 One -Family Residential R-2 Site Plan Review PURPOSE: Purpose of the Site Plan Review is to have City of Arden Hills grant approval for homeowner to build new garage to replace existing 20' x 22' garage, which will be demolished. The new garage size will be 988square foot. The location will be 10 feet away from property line on east side of the lot; and IS feet away from existin fe nce. Certified survey is provided by Kemper and Associates. TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE The homeowner wishes to remove 4 trees, to make room for the new garage and clear of utility wires.. According to the ordinance and certified survey, total of 49 "inches" replacement trees would be required. At time of this narrative submittal, homeowners are currently contacting utility company to determine if the four trees in the backyard are not safe because of the wires overhead. It would be nuisance. Homeowner wishes toplant 3 new 6 feet trees along east side of the lot. MATERIALS: The homeowner wishes to have Pre -finished Fiber Cement Siding and Trim with NovaBrik Wainscot at bottom for exterior walls and Asphalt shingles for roof. The color will be determined after the City of Arden Hills grants approval of the Site Plan Review. The homeowner have plan on addition to the house in near future. The shingles and residing during house addition will match new materials of the newgarage. LARGER ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, The zoning code of Arden Hills indicated two accessory structures up to 728 square feet each is all on the homeowner's lot. Keeping the existing garage and constructing smaller second structure would not necessarily require a variance unless going over on lot coverage requirement. However, both garages would take up more space than this single larger garage and would likely not look as nice on the lot. In additionthe existing gamge is already in bad shape and not safe, better off to demolish the garage. While maintain,ing the neighborhood character, the property value will increase on the house and -surrounding properties. APPEARANCE OF GARAGE. - 5 -Sheets are provided, that includes existing site conditions, which will be precluded by certified survey; proposed site plan, proposed elevations, and several different views. Those are preliminary elevations, subject to refinement of the elevation desi gn. ZONING CODE: The zoninir code allows homeowner to have Site Plan Review done without variance.