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Kathy Glanzer From: Joel Hanson Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:27 AM To: Kathy Glanzer Subject: FW: 298 Rose Lane Variance Request Original Message---- - From: Amy Roberto [ ma .il.to:amyroberto @hotmail..com] Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:13 PM To: Bill B.lesener; Shelly Boss; John Keis; Michael McGraw; Rick Montour; Joel. Hanson Subject: 298 Rose Lane Variance Request Mr. Mayor, City Council and Mr. Hanson, Sam and I enjoy living in Little Canada, have family ties to the area and have invested a great deal of blood, sweat and tears into building a home we are very proud of. We appreciate and thank you for the process you have in place to voice our concerns regarding City issues. I respectfully submit this Letter to you in reference to Mr. Anderson's request for a Variance for front yard storage and parking at 298 Rose Lane. .T want to reiterate the privileges and problems this Variance request wi.11 present should you choose to grant :i.t. PRIVILEGES: 298 Rose Lane is situated in a unique manner as it faces unimproved Rose Lane. Mr. Anderson is the only neighbor in the area that can request front lawn storage because of that situation. That already privileges him and provides him an opportunity to request essentially two backyards. A Variance by its very nature is not intended to privilege one neighbor over another. He regularly accesses his backyard by using a four - wheeler, full size truck and with his commercial and riding lawn mowers. Mr. Anderson stated that he is able to utilize his backyard for storage and will in the future, so 11 he can use it, he should. Why isn't that being taken into consideration? Mr. Anderson stated that he doesn't want to use his driveway for boat /tailer and utility trailer parking because it would be unsightly for him and block access to his garage door. Both those circumstances occur for every other neighbor who follow the Code and who manage those issues by moving items around on the driveway to access their garage at any particular time or storing boats in side yards or off property during the wi.nter. months. Mr. Anderson should too. Why isn't that being taken into consideration? PROBLEMS: The letter. that I referred to in the 2/22/12 City Council meeting regarding Mr. Anderson's use of accelerants on his front yard fire pit was intended to tie his use of accelerants to the extreme flame size and danger of his fires. His fire flames are not anything near the normal size of say a two -three foot flame, but .rise as high as five-six feet. He burns fire wood, brush, lumber, card board boxes and occasionally wood pallets causing a great deal of smoke, flying embers and ash. Bringing more heating wood onto that property along with a boat and utility trailer (made of wood) would increase the material those flying embers could ignite. Please take that into consideration. We have requested Code enforcement assistance for these .items at 298 Rose Lane .i.n 2011: 1. Removal of storage items from the Rose Lane right -of -way. 2. Removal of a firewood pile that is stored in a manner and location in Code violation. 3. Keep dogs in full control when off property. Mr. Anderson's friendly black lab charges our patio guests and this becomes dangerous when we have small children and infants visiting or have our small cat outside. It's very disruptive overall. Mr. Hanson warned Mr. Anderson of each violation stating that the Rose Lane right-of-way should not be used for anything other than as a vehicle turn around and should not be used for personal storage, parking or allowing his dogs to run freely on it. etc. Since that 1 21