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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Statement from Applicants <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />September 8, 2006 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To the City of Mounds View: <br /> <br />Mitch & Alison Ford, 8378 Groveland Road are requesting a variance for our driveway to allow <br />us to keep the asphalt surface as it currently is, to the property line. <br /> <br />Previous to having this improved surface we had always parked along the side of the attached <br />garage. This area was covered with gravel. Because of this type of surface we experienced <br />issues around keeping the rocks out of the grass, both our grass and the neighbor’s to the north of <br />our property. This especially became an issue when we were removing snow from the area, <br />which we still need to do, as this is the driveway to our detached garage in the back. When we <br />had gravel there, we had issues with weeds growing in the area, which did not look very <br />attractive. The lines of the driveway were not clean, as they are now. <br /> <br />When we started this project the neighbor adjacent to the property line signed a letter authorizing <br />us to place the driveway closer to his property than the limit set by the city regulations. When <br />we built the garage we applied for and were given a permit for the garage and we thought, the <br />driveway we had drawn out on our project plan. We had an outside company come in the fall <br />and grade the area to slope towards our backyard as our neighbor to the north asked us to do, so <br />the rain and snow melt would not run onto his property. We did this at an extra expense to <br />ourselves. The area was prepared with gravel and we drove on it for the rest of the fall, winter <br />and spring until the asphalt company was able to bring their equipment onto residential streets. <br />During this period our neighbor to the north did make comments to us about the gravel ending up <br />in his yard and he was looking forward to us completing the driveway. We have had this asphalt <br />driveway for almost 3 years now. If we were to remove the asphalt to one foot of the property <br />line, as the ordinance indicates, we would need to put something in the space and be back to <br />having the issues of the rock not staying where it should. Removing the asphalt would not make <br />the property look better; in fact it would take away from the beautiful landscaping we have done <br />throughout the property. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Mitch & Alison Ford <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />