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<br />January 6, 2007 <br /> <br />To Members of the City Council <br />RE: Variance for lot six of Jeff and Laura Hansel's property <br /> <br />Placing a house only 25 feet from the street is too close (includes the boulevard). Our <br />house is 50 feet from the road induding the boulevard. That leaves very little space for <br />sidewalk and landscaping. Our sidewalk extends more than 5 feet from the house. <br /> <br />If a two -story house is placed on the lot; it would look over-powering and appear closer <br />to the street than it actually is. It definitely would be out of place in relations to the other <br />homes in the area. <br /> <br />Now that the lot is an R2, the owner can put in a two-car garage. Everyone else has a <br />three-car garage. Everyone has at least two vehicles. The third garage is filled with a <br />snow blower, lawn mower among other things and a number of residents have run out <br />of room and built storage buildings. <br /> <br />Where will the people put a storage building on that lot? We are not allowed to put <br />structures within 100 feet of the creek middle. Will the cars have to park in the <br />driveway? Where will the cars park if there are more than 2 adults or teenagers with <br />cars? <br /> <br />How high will the retaining wall be? A retaining wall would have to be on the south side <br />and west side of the house. The driveway would need to have fill and it would sit 22 <br />feet from the bottom of the hill. <br /> <br />The area floods with snow melt and heavy rains. I have seen Jeff's back yard under <br />water almost to his back door. We have 24 steps going down the hill and the water <br />comes up to the second step. <br /> <br />When we first moved in our house, we intended putting rocks on the bank to avoid <br />erosion. We had bids sent to the watershed district. We were told the rocks would have <br />to go up 7 feet. That was the level of the flood zone. <br />