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D. Hardship statement City of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 Dear Sir or Madam: An addition to our house to the front or sides would apparently require a variance. Adding on to the back of the house may require a variance because the property borders on a wetland. On both sides, the house is 12 feet from the property line. On the front, the house is built 30 feet from the property line. We chose the addition to the front because: 1) The front of the garage is now 4 1/2 feet back from the front of the house - we only need to bring the front of the garage 9 1/2 feet in front of the house in order to add a 14 foot wide room at the back of the present garage. 2) Some houses on our (west) side of the street have had significant settling problems due to poor soil quality near the wetland. The west wall of the foundation of our garage had to be rebuilt when part of it broke away from the rest of the foundation. Large amounts of fill would almost certainly be needed in order to provide solid footings. 3) Relatively steep hills and large trees on both sides of the house and the wetland in back would make it difficult to bring equipment down to the back of the house to haul the fill which would be needed for th~ footings. . The slope of the hill on the north side of the house is 7 feet down over a length of 15 feet. A large tree is 10 feet from the house. On the south side, the slope is more gradual - 7 feet down over a length of 23 feet. However, a large tree is only 6 feet from the h~use on the south side.