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To Whom It May Concern: <br /> <br />I am writing to request a variance to allow an addition to our home at 1904 Main St NW Elk River, MN. I <br />purchased this residence in 2011 and moved from Monticello with the hopes of growing into the home <br />and community. In 2013 “my house” because “our home” when I married my fiancé, Jessa. Since then <br />we have added two young boys to our family Abe (3 years) and Cameron (1 year). Over the 8 years that <br />we have lived in our home we have put down roots in the community and neighborhood. My wife is <br />one of the Lake Orono Improvement Association board members and I have served as Conservation <br />Steward for the Houlton Conservation Area and currently as an Energy City Commissioner. We love our <br />home and our accessibility to the library and Orono Park as well as the downtown area. <br /> <br />We feel that our proposed addition is harmonious with the purpose and intent of the ordinance and is <br />consistent with the residential zoning for our neighborhood in the City of Elk River Comprehensive Plan. <br />We also believe that this variance request is consistent with precedent of previously approved variance <br />requests in our neighborhood. <br /> <br />The shape of our lot, the location of the existing structure and our vicinity to Lake Orono represent the <br />practical difficulties that have led to this petition for a variance. Our existing home is located <br />approximately twenty feet from the high water mark of Lake Orono. Our hope is to extend our home to <br />the East and maintain our current setback from the lake. This would allow for the floors of our home to <br />match up from the existing to the new addition. If our new addition were to be constructed to the <br />current zoning ordinance set back of forty-five feet from the Lake Orono high water mark it would not <br />connect to the existing home. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration of our request, <br /> <br />Aaron Brixius