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-� .-. Variance Application Narrative 2 Curt and Heather Dubbeldee Victoria Street (Traffic both directions) �= * * �= --► = Direction of Traffic * = Large Trees * = Other well-established Trees & shrubbery I 1 Crrandview Street i Figure 1. Diagram of danger reversing out of driveway onto Victoria Street. After examining the property, eliminating the curve portion of the driveway (leaving only a straight drive between the road and garage) would reduce the impervious surface to 27%. However, a turn-around area was considered acceptable by the city. Creating a turn-around area would cause us to eliminate two trees and one bush near the house (see fig. 1), and would add at least 300 sq. ft., which would then bring the impervious surface to 30%. Now, we are back to the reason we are faced with this variance, which is the garage addition, which would bring the impervious surface to 32% and basically back to it's current state at 34%. I hope it is obvious that this would be too much labor and way to costly for the actual reduction in impervious surface. If the driveway were left alone, the garage addition would increase the impervious surface from 34% to 36%. Therefore, we could either spend $7,500 to tear up the driveway, take down trees, seed the grass, add a turn-around surface, and build the garage addition, decreasing the impervious surface by 2%. Or, we could spend $3,500 on the garage addition and increase the impervious surface by 2%, still continuing to not contribute to the cities drainage overload. Thank you for taking the time to examine our variance application. We look forward to hearing the thoughts of the city staff and Variance Board, and hope that we can work together to create a plan that will benefit the City of Roseville and all individuals involved.