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ih�rr��s Pasch�� "rom: Vi�ian Rarr►alingam �� 3enf. Wednesday, January Q4, 2006 12:14 AM 70: Mark Traynor; Mary Bakeman; �aniel Baerigter; James Doherty; Kedrick White; .4oe Wozniak; 7homas Paschke 5uhject: Variar�ee P�3699 (Jar�uary 4, 200&) Planning Carnmi.ssaian Mark Trayna� (Chair) City of Raseville Mary- Bakernan Daruel Boerigter Jim Dc�herty Kedrick White �oe Wozniak Thomas Paschke City Planner We are writing in respo�se ta PF3b99, PIN OS-29-23-44-0018, which xs to be hea�d by the Plan�.ing Commission an Wednesday, January 9�, 200b. A prior commit�merit pre�vents our att�ndance at the hearing. The petitioner, Jahr� Forman, requests a variance i.n. order ta p�t th�ree prope�ties on a lot which legally �aay acco�xamadate two, and which p�esen�ly contains one home, on a bea�xtiful, woadcd lot filled waith old trees. The�e is no q�zestion that the proposa� wo�Id put houses of disproportionate size to their su�rxoundings in an immediate area cha�racterized by spacious homes. The proposed variance wou�d result in the rexxa�oval of mar�y �rees, changing the draina�e and arnbienee of the aarea through which our property is approaehed, �mmediately fxom the Cou�ty B(West) side. The prnposed lats �ou�d impinge on County B, :reduci�g the shoulder that presently permits safe pedestrian traffic in all vvea�her, as well as exx�e�ger�cy parking on this thoroughfare in vainter weather. These changes in the surroundxngs of oux hon�e would alter �nx the worse the ambience that led us to locate in this a�rea c�f Rosevill�, a�d would detract frorn the perceived value a£ our property. This tendency �hat seems to drive recent pxoperty d�velopment in Roseville, to put as many buildings as possible on subdivaided a1d 1ots, regardless af how it rnay affect ex�sting ho�nes ar�d thei� en�iron�nent, is det�r�mental to the special characte�r of thxs corner of Roseville tha� is