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I reside at 2837 Centerville Rd, Little Canada, MN 55117,and am seeking approval of variance to allow the existing fence to remain present. The following are a few more reasons why my family and I seek to maintain our 6 foot fence. We have lived in this house since 1992. For many years, we were very content with the quality of individuals roaming the neighborhood. However, as of lately, with the increase in population in the city, and the apparent expansion of the Montreal Courts community, we feel as though our privacy is being invaded from the side which the fence has been placed. Many times, individuals will be walking South on Centerville, will see my child playing Basketball, and attempt to strike a futile conversation with him. When an adult steps outside, they eventually move away and keep walking. In other instances, our garbage cans, which we place close to the home, have been stolen TWICE (reported this). We want the height of the fence to be such that if unauthorized activity takes place on our property, offenders should not be able to simply scale the fence by foot if they were spotted. In our many years of residing at this home, we have always had an internal security system. At some point, we were told that the number of false alarms was going to be exceeding the allowable amount when we were not at home. After this, we had ADDITIONALLY placed a motion detection security system in place outside the residence, as an immediate indicator of activity on our property. The system requires the devices be at 5 feet or higher, to properly sweep the radius for activity. When there were trees on the property border, we had the devices placed on the tree trunk at about a 5 foot height. A four foot fence would simply not allow the device to scan properly, rendering it partially effective and inopelrable to us. This is ad gretat security con~(cetr)n for us given tPhe past~Jactivity. Th ~/ u u c~ i~~ ~>n Ua~~ 7rr1~; (b'f U-I-ItiYf Sf P1$'iY5 U~~SIO~ YIf,S t~~G~`Q~r.~~4 l"d5~ 17 VYb~i ~'p Clf~ ~r7 G~~"Q4~~ ~n ~~YI~ (~I O~F'r~~, Hopefully you see and understand that we have been longtime, patient and accommodating residents of the City and we seek only to better the community. Given this position, I feel that we are entitled to a certain level of security and this fence would give me the privacy and protection I feel we deserve. Sincerely, Afroz Khan ~