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August 9, 1993 Mike Faulk Department of Planning City of Roseville Roseville MN. 55113 RE: ZONING VARIANCE TO ZONING CODE 18.100 OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE 1282 JOSEPHINE ROAD. Mike, Pursuant to the variance process of the zoning code related to Shoreline Management for the City of Roseville, I am writing this narrative letter. We have respectfully requested a variance from the aforementioned code. We respectfully request a variance from the aforementioned code due to the fact that strict confonnity and enforcement of the code would be unreasonable, impractical and would substantially effect the long tenn value of my property and my rights to peaceful enjoyment of the property which other owners in the area enjoy!!! This is submitted without prejudice to our claim that the work is authorized under the plans previously submitted, accepted and pennitted and that construction should continue without intelTUption. I intend to add a breakfast eating area onto my kitchen, on existing decks, which were built with the original house and which predates by a substantial amount of time the enactment of the code which now governs. It is my understanding, that as long as I do not go any closer to the shoreline in my new construction, than the current existing original structure, I am grandfathered in under the code and will meet all requirements. The previously accepted plans depict my planned addition which will not exceed my existing set back, and which will enhance my property substantially from a market value and functional standpoint. The planned improvements in no way infringe on the public interest or act to damage the rights of others or property values in the area, to the contrary my efforts will act to enhance property values of contiguous properties to mine and as a ripple effect will tend to auger taxes higher through increased property values in the general area of my property. Denial of my request for a variance will render my home extremely functionally obsolete (due to current day housing amenities) and cause me to experience a substantial loss in potential value due to the impractical nature of the property without an eating area in the kitchen. I have purchased materials and employed a contractor presently working on the project. My planned improvement incorporates existing decks into the eating area, which we currently eat on in the summer time and which have existed since the house was built. The eating area will not extend