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• 3 • There are 2 properties at 7174 & 7180 Sunfish Court (comer of Elm St. & 2nd Ave.), whose 6- foot rear privacy fences extend 17 feet from the 2nd Ave. curb. • There is a property at 6692 Blue Heron Drive (comer of Hodgeson Road & Blue Heron Drive) whose 6 -foot privacy fence is located 23 feet from Hodqeson's pavement, not 55 feet, even though Hodgeson Road is much busier than Holly Drive. It also has an awkward- looking additional garage installed in the middle of its backyard, which was permitted by the city. • There is property at 405 Ash Street (comer of Ware Road & Ash Street), which has a 6 -foot privacy fence 23 feet from the Ware Road pavement – not 55 feet, even though Ware Road & Ash St. both are significantly busier than Holly Drive. 5. That the proposed actions will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the ordinance. The spirit and intent of the ordinance provides for single family use of the property, by providing some privacy to this lot — and for other reasons as stated in this document. I am not asking for anything special, beyond what other property owners have been previously given permission to by the city, regarding their privacy fence installation. I have discussed the proposed fence construction with my one future neighbor (Brian Mickelsen), who will own the abutting property on my rear lot line (1101 Holly Drive West). He has indicated no objection to the proposed variance. It does not appear that the proposed variance would cause a visibility problem at the intersection of Holly Drive and Cassiopeia Court. • Any potential visibility concems with the nearby curve on Holly Drive is nonexistent, as the curve itself is located westerly on the opposite side of Cassiopeia Court. • The 6 -foot section of fence would begin about 55 feet from the Cassiopeia Street curb — and not be located immediately next to the east side of the intersection. • There would still be another 1 -plus car lengths beyond the 6 -foot fence's edge, of un- obscured visibility for any cars stopping at this intersection, to tum onto Holly Drive. • The project's traffic volume is very low. There are only 8 other homes on the Cassiopeia Court cul- de -sac, so just a minimal number of cars would even be using this street intersection. • If there should be any fence installed in the side yard at the front of the house, it will only be only four feet high, and composed of chain -link. Therefore it wouldn't obscure any driver's line -of- sight, while looking in an easterly direction up Holly Drive. The city already has about a 15 foot easement from the Holly Drive pavement edge, which I have to pay to sod and later mow, although it would be outside the boundaries of any fence, should I install one. Isn't that 15 feet enough? Why does the city need another 40 feet, for a total of 55 feet from the curb? It is a restricted cul-de -sac road in a residential area. What big plans could the city possibly have to require such a large easement near here? I believe that my request is reasonable, qualified and justified under the city's description of a variance. Being the initiator of the variance, I would naturally recommend that the city grants me its approval. My fence needs to be installed prior to my moving into 6408 Cassiopeia Court, otherwise I have no place to keep my one large outdoor (and non - house - trained) dog — my only "farm pet" left from the disintegration of our many years living on our Holly Drive hobby farm. • Thank you for your time. Respectfully, Sue Walseth