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<br />182 W. Skillman Ave. <br />St. Paul, MN 55113 <br />May 11, 1998 <br /> <br />Minor Variance Committee <br />City of Roseville <br />1660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Dear Committee Members: <br /> <br />We would like you to grant us a minor variance to extend our west driveway south to <br />give ~ntrance 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 /> <br />The garage will probably encroach three feet or less onto the property line for <br />several reasons: <br /> <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 line) 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 /> <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 finany ,a garage set further back would destroy the aesthetic value of the <br />combined opened yards of the area (see picture #3). <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />YJ, ~: <br />:'A4 ~ ~ <br /> <br />Mary L. Needham <br />Diana M. Moss <br />