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April 19, 2004 Mark and Diane Olson 18778 Yankton Street NW Elk River, MN 55330 Subject. Variance Request To Whom It May Concern' We have lived in the City of Elk River at this location since 1990, On October 18, 2003, our house was destroyed by tire When applying for a building permit it was noted by the building department that part of the foundation that our house was built upon in 1990 was lying within the set back area (see site plan) in that year(3990) we obtained a building permit that was okay'd by the City of Elk River and the DNR In 1995, we built an addition that was 54 feet X 42 feet, At both times when these buildings were erected, we were given a permit. Now that the fire has created a total loss of our home, we would like to rebuild on the same tbundation with the exception of an additional foundation area that is marked -proposed- on the site plan If we were to eliminate the area that is in the 30 foot set hack, it would cause us to shift the foundation to more of a parallel position with the existing foundation, thus causing the foundation to lie within river area set back. In addition, the northern most part of the foundation would block the river view from the house that is next door on lots 1, 2, and 3 of the site plan. Since the fire, we have gone through extreme hardship to get this project to move forward. We have hired an architect firm to redraw a new house plan at a great expense. If the existing foundation that lies in the set back area was to be eliminated, it would make our building site non-feasible and we would perhaps have to relocate to a different property In 1995, when we built the addition(the 54 x 42)the City of Elk River mandated that we get a topography of the land where the building site is located This expense cost us more than $4000,00 At that time of survey, we had the existing road location marked in reference to the proper location on the Yankton Street right-away (see site plan). Yankton Street will never be upgraded to city requirements. The existing road has been in the present location since the I9o0-s If the road was ever to be put into the proper location, many of the residents that live on the street would object. Due to the cost of rebuilding of our home as it was and the amount that the insurance paid we will not be able to build a two story home like we had. This is why we need to add onto the existing foundation 12' X 42' to the south and the 14- X 47' to the north This will give us enough space to maintain somewhat of what we had lost.