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~~ <br />January 30, 1995 <br />Attn:. Gary Schmitz <br />City of Elk River <br />P.O. Box 490 <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />Re: Variance Application <br />212 Norfolk Ave. <br />Dear Gary: <br />Enclosed are the following. <br />1. Variance Application <br />2. Application Fee <br />3. Agreement to Pay Costs <br />4. List of Adjoining Progeny Owners <br />5, Plat Map <br />I did leave a Site Plan with you last week. If additional <br />deta3 is needed, please let me know. <br />The proposal. is to add 10 feet to the south side of the <br />existing three season porch and convert it to a year round family <br />room. We offer the following in support of our application. <br />In order to add a main floor family room of sufficient size, <br />we have no choice but to expand the existing floor plan. The <br />obvious expansion is on the side to the south. Not only for the <br />southern exposure, but also to insure that the addition can be <br />aesthetically consistent with the existing. colonial style. An <br />expansion to the front or back simply would. not be compatible with <br />that style. And an expansion to the north is not possible because <br />there is no room to the north. <br />We did consider other configurations to the proposed <br />expansion. One possibility was to expand the three season space <br />across the entire south .side of the house. That approach would. <br />close off the only south window in our living room. The pitched <br />roof would also then close off the window in the second floor <br />bathroom. That window is located in the center of the fireplace <br />chimney and restricts our options. To expand to the east beyond <br />the east line of_the house presents problems. One is that it .would <br />not be in keeping with the colonial style.. Also., there is a 3 to <br />4 foot drop to the driveway to the east. <br />r~ <br />