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182 W. Skillman Ave. <br /> St. Paul, MN 55113 <br /> 'lay 11 , 1998 <br /> Minor Variance Committee <br /> City of Roseville <br /> 1660 Civic Center Drive <br /> Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> Dear Committee Members: <br /> We would like you to grant us a manor variance to extend our west driveway south to <br /> give entrance to a garage we would like to build. The driveway, and the garage, will <br /> be less -than five feet from our western neighbor's property line. There is no other <br /> practical way to access the garage. You did grant such a variance in 1990 for the <br /> driveway for off-street parking. <br /> The garage will probably encroach three fee; or less onto the property line for <br /> several reasons: <br /> 1 . Because the driveway along the side of the house cannot be moved, we need to <br /> position the garage so that we can have a straight shot to or from the garage. <br /> Positioning the garage further east (away from the property lined would cause a <br /> curve that would make backing out of the garage very difficult because of the <br /> position of the house (see picture #4 and 5). <br /> 2. We do not want to position the garage further back (south) for several reasons. <br /> A. We do not want to have to cut down the mature sugar maple (see picture #2). <br /> B. In the winter especially, we do not want our renter to walk any further than <br /> necessary to the house. <br /> C. A longer driveway is more expensive to build and maintain, <br /> D. and finally, a garage set further back would destroy the aesthetic value of the <br /> combined opened yards of the area (see picture #3). <br /> Sincerely, <br /> 4c-lr�� <br /> Mary L. Needham <br /> Diana M. Moss <br />