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Teresa Bender <br />From:Patrick Branch <p2branch@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, September 12, 2023 3:01 PM <br />To:Mark Statz; Teresa Bender <br />Subject:Garden Shed Request <br />/ğǒƷźƚƓʹ ŷźƭ Ļƒğźƌ ƚƩźŭźƓğƷĻķ ƚǒƷƭźķĻ ƚǒƩ ƚƩŭğƓźǩğƷźƚƓͳ ƦƌĻğƭĻ ǒƭĻ ĭğǒƷźƚƓ͵ <br />Please add this letter to the CouncilÓs next meeting package. <br />Mayor D. Love and City Council <br />You know me. I am Pat Branch 1618 Hunters Ridge Lane. I also own the adjacent lot 6744 Beaver Pond Way. I have had a garden on that lot <br />for 15 years. I want to put a garden shed on the lot at 6744 Beaver Pond Way. There is no home or primary building on the Beaver Pond Way <br />lot. <br /> <br />Although I have not been able to find it, I understand that I can not build an auxiliary building on a lot without a primary building. I also <br />understand that the City Council is considering changing that ordinance, Please make that change. <br /> <br />I understand that I can ask for a waiver to the ordinance and that the waiver fee could range from $60 to as much as $500 dollars. <br /> <br />I sincerely doubt that the council members who wrote that ordinance intended it to preclude the building of a small garden shed. In fact many of <br />my neighbors have very nice auxiliary building and some have multiple buildings. Why should I be denied the same opportunity just because I <br />choose to use that lot for my garden? <br /> <br />Enforcement of the current ordinance and the fees for a waiver are arbitrary, unjust, and unfair. <br /> <br />Attached is a photo of a building similar to what I want. I have not selected a building because of this ordinance prohibition. This lot, like all lots <br />in this subdivision, is graded to accommodate walk out basements. My garden is on the lower part of the lot and not visible from the <br />street, The shed I would build would not be on a permanent foundation and no more that 10ÓW x 12ÓL x 10Ó H. I have spoken to my neighbors <br />and they have no objections to garden shed on the lower part of my lot. <br /> <br />Perhaps a compromise to the existing ordinance would be set a minimum size required for a permit. If the Council sets a minimum size <br />smaller than I have suggested, I will comply with that size <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted <br />Patrick Branch <br />703-501-6815 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />