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July 13, 2000 TO: Little Canada Planning Commission, Mayor, Administrator, & Council Members FROM: Mary Lou & Paul Kostecki RE: Request for Variance -Keller Parkway Property This letter is in regard to a Request for Variance for direct access to Labore Road for a new home to be built on a lot that runs along Keller Parkway. The requested variance would cause our property to be surrounded by asphalt on three sides. On the north side lies Labore Road; the west side is the driveway currently being used by property owners; and the new extension being proposed would lie to the south. Our privacy, protection and safety aze lost if we are to be surrounded with busy, trafficked areas on three sides. To say nothing of the obvious depreciation of property value to all four properties affected by this proposed variance. We would ask the Planning Commission members if they would approve this variance if it were their homes that would soon be surrounded by asphalt and traffic? We reviewed the minutes of the March 9th meeting. Twice Mrs. O'Neil was questioned about access to their new home and twice she guaranteed the request was to access via Keller Parkway, in full compliance with current ordinances in Little Canada. Commission members and neighbors were supportive of the home being built and the access from Keller Parkway. We are sympathetic to Mr. O'Neil's handicap, as stated in their Variance Request. I have worked for Social Security for 28 years and am well awaze of the needs and the rights of the disabled. Part of my work has been to administer disability benefits. Presently I assist the disabled in a back to work program, using creative ideas to accommodate their needs. I am currently training a young man who is quadriplegic and has many needs for accommodations. Iwould expect that the combined creativity and intellect of the architect, builder and the O'Neils would easily find a solution to their design problems without a variance that will disturb an entire neighborhood of homeowners and depreciate the value of their properties. We urge the Planning Commission to deny this variance. The ordinance that is in place, that each property must have access to a public street was established for the protection and safety of the residents of Little Canada. It guaranteed that this community would grow in a logical, planned direction. We built our home in Little Canada in 1977 with the confidence that the City of Little Canada would take great care to protect and maintain the Ordinances set forth for its citizens. Planned communities, with appropriate and well thought out ordinances assure a tranquil, safe, and pleasant place to live. Page 27