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CITY OF QUADS A °d'ress Part Evif July 28, 1998 Mike Tobias 8111 Eastwood Road Mounds View, MN 55112 RE: Permit #98095 Asphalt Driveway Replacement Dear Mr. Tobias: Phone: (612) 717-4000 Pax: (61 2) 784 -3462 You recently obtained a permit for replacing the driveway on your property. During the permit review process you were informed that the City code restricts the number of curb cuts allowing street access to residential properties to only one access. You questioned and objected to this requirement based upon the it that the driveway had existed for some time with access to both Eastwood Road and Sherwood Road. You were told that the driveway constituted a nonconforming condition and the status of the nonconforming condition could remainas long as the driveway be maintained in its existing state. However, because the existing asphalt was removed and the nonconforming condition was abated the ability to maintain the nonconforming status was no longer possible. The permit was issued under the condition that the access to Sherwood Road would not be reinstalled. A subsequent inspection of the property has revealed that both previously existing accesses have been reinstalled. This situation creates a nonconforming condition that, because of the removal of the previous nonconforming condition, is a violation of Municipal Code. Your choices at this time, are 1) remove the portion of asphalt that connects the street to the property line that creates one of the accesses or 2) apply for and receive a variance that will allow you to continue the nonconforming condition. I am enclosing an application for you to use to request a variance if you should choose to. The variance process is handled by Planning Associate Jim Ericson. He can be reached at 717 -4022. l• •f•erglf 6 Wi re � .(1 HlirthtAfav 1() + Mni inris Vjp1.v MN ` 1