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. 'AUG-12-1gg8 12:08 FROM CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE TO g4g02g31 P.02 'if ../ d- . 1(;; Peter Pangborn 687 Skillman Avenue West Roseville, Minnesota. 55113 August 12, 1998 Roseville Planning Commission and Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 RE: Planning File #3058 - Christensen Variance Dear Commission Members and Council Members: This letter is in response to a request for a variance from Mr. James Christensen for a proposed garage at the back of his property at 669 Shryer Avenue. I live at 687 Skillman Ave., about I Y210ts to the west of Mr. Christensen off the back, north side of his lot. There are no houses on the south side of Skillman. Skillman is a very attractive and quiet residential street, which was what drew me to the neighborhood when I purchased my home some years back. I don't like to tell people what they can and can't do on their own property, but I have a problem with Mr. Christensen's request for a variance. I'm concerned about both the negative visual impact the proposed garage and driveway would have on Skillman Avenue, as well as the potential future impact on the value of property on Ski! lman Avenue should other 4-car garages be built using this requested variance as a precedent. The proposed garage is massive for this residential neighborhood. In context with the majority of the existing residential housing stock in our neighborhood, the size of the proposed garage is almost as big, and in some cases bigger than the houses. The driveway as well is massive for our neighborhood. At 36 feet wide, the proposed driveway would cover approximately half the width of the back of Mr. Christensen's lot with a slab of asphalt or concrete from the curb back thirty feet to the garage. Also, at 36 feet wide, the proposed driveway is four feet wider than the street itself, which is 32 feet wide curb-to-curb. This may be Mr. Christensen's back yard, but it's our front yard for Skillman Avenue, and the front of a 4-car garage with a massive asphalt or concrete slab driveway is not the view I want to have looking out my nont window.