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466 Hilltop Avenue Roseville, MN 55113 651-489-5274 612-673-3642 06/22/2003 City of Roseville Community Development Department 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 RE: Variance for Detached Accessory Building & additional Driveway To whom it may concern: I would like the City to consider granting the necessary variances so that I can have Sussel Corporation remove myoid, dilapidated single car detached garage and replace it with a more useful detached two-car garage. The proposed site plan places the garage within the five-foot side yard setback and the plan exceeds the 30% impervious lot coverage. Additionally the existing driveway is within the five- foot side yard setback area. I am asking the city to consider allowing the proposed garage to be set back from the side lot 2 feet and allow the existing driveway to remain. The reasoning in support of the variance is that to have to remove the entire existing concrete driveway and replace it would be very expensive and also the driveway could only be approximately 6.5 feet wide. This is because the house is less than 17 feet from the side lot and there is a five-foot wide deck, which allows access to the rear door of the house, within those 17 feet. The location of the proposed garage is set back from the house the minimum distance recommended by the garage builder to allow for vehicles to get around the house and into the garage. If the garage were placed further back on the lot it would require the removal of at least one, and maybe two trees. Building the proposed garage five feet from the side lot would require the removal of the existing stone and concrete patio and also moving the garage back sufficiently to allow for vehicles to get into and out of the garage. As previously noted, moving the garage back would jeopardize the trees. I also ask that you consider allowing the existing driveway to remain and allow construction of the new driveway that connects the old driveway to the proposed garage be within the side lot set back area. The new driveway would move towards the requested two-foot side lot setback in the shortest distance that is practical to allow for vehicles to clear the residence. During the planing of the proposed garage I chose the smallest two-car garage floor plan because of the lot limitations. I also met with one of the city planners to seek suggestions on how to change or modify the plans to conform to the existing codes. I think that the proposed site plan is worthy of the city considering the requested code variances. Thank you for your consideration. s;n~~y, _ /J.--r.. . ~ /--- Mark D. Koenig ( /