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1 four sketches of "bird's eye views of his house" with ways of building <br />the garage which wouldn't require a variance but would ruin either his <br />s own or his neighbor's view of his backyard. Mr. Tomas reiterated that <br />4 he perceived any detached garage couldn't help but be "ugly." <br />5 Petition Supporting Request Provided by Applicant <br />6 Tomas then handed the Secretary a petition in favor of the variances <br />7 which he said had been signed by all but one of his neighbors who had <br />8 been reluctant to sign the paper until he saw what the other neighbors <br />9 did. <br />10 Mr. Tomas told the Councilmembers he had lived in that same house for <br />11 22 years and the testimony at the July 19th hearing had been the first <br />12 complaint he had ever gotten concerning his business. <br />13 The petitioner told Enrooth if he had not been so taken off guard by his <br />14 neighbor's testimony at the hearing, he could have explained that he <br />15 actually only has two vans which are used for business because the one <br />16 his wife drives is intended for recreational use and his wife only uses <br />17 it when he needs to have her bring supplies to him at the job site. <br />18 He added that: <br />19 *he could easily get all the supplies out of the garage by purchasing <br />20 a large "cube" van which probably wouldn't look too good for the <br />21 neighbors; <br />1 *the van which is going to be used for work now was the one his family <br />c3 had gone camping in the last two years and doesn't look at all like a <br />24 work vehicle; <br />25 *only one of his four sons works full time for him now and the other <br />26 three only help out during the summer when they are out of school; <br />27 *the reason he wants to get the new garage built this August is that <br />28 those three have to return to school in September; <br />29 *basically, he has never worked out of his van and no one he has <br />30 worked for has ever come to his home to have work done; <br />31 *only supplies coming from out of town are delivered to his home and <br />32 thee were five of those were delivered from St. Cloud since the first <br />33 of the year. <br />34 Mr. Wirtz reported he had lived right behind Mr.Tomas for the last three <br />35 years, during which time he had experienced "no trouble when it came to <br />36 noise morning or evening, or even when he and his wife were sitting in <br />37 their back yards." The neighbor said he liked Mr. Tomas' plans and <br />38 the reason he had signed the petition had been because he "certainly <br />39 didn't think the new addition would be an eyesore." <br />9 <br />