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IP AUGUST 20, 1998 <br /> TO: CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> FROM: LINDA L. TURNER <br /> REF : APPLICATOIN FOR A NEW GARAGE W/HARDSHIP <br /> VARIANCES. <br /> REASONS WE WOULD LIKE THIS SIZE STRUCTURE. <br /> 1. NEED SPACE FOR FOUR AUTOMOBILES (TWO IN GARAGE AND <br /> TWO OUT, WE HAVE LIMITED DRIVEWAY SPACE). <br /> 2. WE NEED SPACE FOR STORAGE (NO OTHER OUT BUILDINGS <br /> EXIST ON PROPERTY, OLD SHED WAS RAISED TO GET TO <br /> BACK YARD WITH HEAVY EQUIPEMENT, TO UPGRADE PATIO <br /> AND SHORE LINE). <br /> • <br /> 3. MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO OUR LOT WITH NEW STRUCTURE <br /> INSTEAD OF THE SHED WHICH WAS 150 YEARS OLD. <br /> 4. ENHANCED VEIW FROM THE NEIGHBORS LOT, EAST OF OUR <br /> STRUCTURE. WITH NEW STRUCTURE, LILAC HEDGE WOULD <br /> STAY AS IS. NOTHING WOULD BE CHANGED FROM LILAC <br /> HEGDE <br /> 5. THIS NEW STRUCTURE SHOULD IMPROVE OUR PROPERTY <br /> VALUE AND, ALSO THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD. <br /> 6. THE REASON WE DO NOT WANT TO ATTACHED GARAGE, <br /> WOULD TO PAY TO HAVE ELECTICAL POWER POLE MOVED <br /> AND METER TO OUTSIDE OF NEW GARAGE STRUCTURE AND <br /> HAVE TO REVENT EXHAUST FROM KITCHEN, NO WAY TO GET <br /> TO BACK OF PROPERTY IF ATTECHED TO HOUSE EXCEPT <br /> THROUGH GARAGE, FINANCIALLY IT WOULD CAUSE US A <br /> • TERRIFFIC HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF MORE COST AND TAXES. <br />