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1 four sketches of "bird's eye views of his house" with ways of building <br /> 0 2 the garage which wouldn't require a variance but would ruin either his <br /> 3 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 Sunuorting 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 /> �2 *the van which is going to be used for work now was the one his family <br /> 23 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 lair. 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 />