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of Roseville (C01mnunity Development Department), Subject: Request for Variance V\./e are the homeowners at 2940 Old H\vy. 8 in the ofRosevil1e (see Appendix A). This is a one and one-half story home with a single car attached garage built around 1940 on approximately a one-half acre lot. We are requesting a variance so that we may be able to build a four-stall detached garage on the northwest portion of the lot (see Appendix B). The following information offers the reasoning for the request. Our cunent structure, as noted above, only has a single-car garage. We currently have multiple drivers and five vehicles; all but one is currently parked outside, with the fifth vehicle being temporarily stored at another location. The driveway offers little in extra parking areas. This forces the "jockeying" of vehicles at times in order to get vehicles out of the driveway. Tlte Problematic Alternative Current building codes currently allow for a structure to be built in the back of tke house without a variance. The nature of the ten'ain of our lot poses some difficulties for building behind the house. These difficulties may adversely impact the envirolL'11ent and would create a significant financial burden to accomplish. The driveway for such a garage would need to be approximately one hundred feet in length; which, per code, would have to be a paved surface. This would be necessary to get past the current garage and also past a large mature tree. Any excavation in the backyard, either for a garage or a driveway, may very likely adversely impact this tree (See Appendix B). There is a very sharp decline from the front yard to the back yard (see Appendix C). There would be a need for massive amounts of excavation in order to make the drivewav . going into the backyard usable. Such excavation will have an impact on the current run- off and possible the foundation of the existing garage.