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Letter to the board Subject: 21850 Jarvis St NW, Elk River, MN 55330 Variance (75-112-1430) To whom it may concern, We are writing to request permission to expand the amount of storage space on our property to 8K square feet. We are currently looking to place a pole barn on the south part of our property. This pole barn will be for the use of storage mostly. This will allow us to place an RV that will be on our property to be stored inside. Likewise, this will allow us to store trailers to include our boat and various lawn equipment inside. This will reduce the sustainable cost of waste by allowing us to not have to wrap the boat and cover the RV and will help to ensure the items stored in the pole barn will not be exposed to the elements during our 4 seasons in Minnesota. Our lot size is 9.94 acres. We are just under the 10 acres lot size to be allow the 8,000 sq ft. When the lot was purchased originally, it was supposed to be 10 acres but 0.06 acres needed to be used for a neighboring property layout so it was reduced to 9.94 acres. We still have a substantial portion of the property that is left wild and natural in addition to substantial buffer areas around the building to allow it to fit properly on the property and maintain aesthetics for the neighbors and community. Although we understand the existing regulations, we feel that we are 1). Close to the land size needed to have 10K feet of storage. 2). We are currently on a corner lot, so access to the pole barn will be available off of 218th Ave. Our use of that entrance will be minimal so will not affect neighborhood traffic but will allow easy access to the pole barn. 3). We are planning on putting this storage area in an area that is almost surrounded by trees. That will help minimize the view of the barn from the main road (See Exhibit 1). The new construction will be 36-foot by 64-foot with a 9-foot overhang, so 2,880 feet of storage space. This would put us at a total of just under 5100 SQ FT, which is much under the 8,000 SQ FT allowance for a 10 Acre lot. The plans for this shed are attached in exhibit 2. Attached in Exhibit 3 is the delineation paperwork, to include the approval from the Army Corps of Engineers changing the wetland delineation. All questions should be directed to the below signees, Tavis Pike, Home Owner, 612.964-3381 or tavis.pike@gmail.com or Kirstin Anderson, Home Owner, 612.501.1792 or kirstin.kaye@gmail.com. KIRSTIN K. ANDERSON TAVIS W. PIKE HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNER