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4. We have also looked at moving to a different house. Earlier this year, we put money down on a different house in Shoreview that had our "required" 2-car garage. But as we talked about it, we like where we live now, and would like to be able to build the garage to stay where we are. If we are not able to build the new garage, we will once again look for a different house. 10. Site Conditions: We meet 10 of the 12 site criteria (8 of 12 required) A There is an existing I-car garage located on the site. The existing garage is the originall-car garage. It is small and not in good shape. It would require at least a complete removal and rebuild ofthe entire roof structure, and new electrical system. B. The proposed project improves the design or livability of the structure. The new garage would better match the design of the house. The roof pitch, roof color, and roofing will match the house. The existing garage's roof is very flat. The new garage will have more storage, allowing us to further develop living space in the basement of our house (increasing and improving the value of the house). C. The proposed project improves the terrain or a drainage issue. The slope of the lot will not change. One advantage of the new garage is a large half-dead Ash tree will be removed to make way for the new structure. Our neighbor to the North of us has been asking for us to do this for more than a year. It is our hope that the new driveway will have a slight pitch away from the house, drawing water away from our basement. D. The original reason or need for the setback permit was not created by the current owner. The house and garage have been in their original position since 1948. With the need for 2 cars in our family (a huge luxury in 1948), there is a need for a 2-car garage. F. The proposed project creates no other setback or variance conditions. To the best of my knowledge, there are no other setback of variance issues with this project. G. The proposed project improves the aesthetics, covered storage, or the functional use of the site. The new garage will match the design of the house more closely than the existing garage through a matched pitched roof, short eves and the same color scheme. It will greatly increase the overall storage in the garage allowing us to finally park both cars in the garage. It will also allow us to store more in the garage, freeing up room in the basement. This in turn will allow us to someday finish part of the basement, increasing the living space (and value) of our home. H. The proposed project uses the same exterior structure materials and colors as the principal structure and accessories. At this point, we are still getting bids for the exterior of the garage. It is our hope to stucco the exterior to match the house, but if it is price prohibitive, we will use vinyl siding and match the color of the vinyl to the color of the stucco on the house. The