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27 To: St. Anthony Village Honorable Mayor and Planning Commission Mark Casey, City Manager From: Ryan and Jody McNaughton, 3205 31" Avenue NE, Saint Anthony, MN 55418 Date: 6/26/2017 RE: WSB Project No. 0- 010201 -000, Request for Variance to the rear yard setback requirement to allow a deck to be set back 17 feet from rear property line, a reduction from the required 25 -foot rear yard setback for the property address of 3204 Townview Avenue. We are the owners immediately to the south of 3204 Townview Avenue, and it is our property line against which the above variance is being requested. We are against the granting of the variance due to the fact that the proposed deck would materially diminish the privacy of our property. What the applicants' proposal neglects to consider is the natural downhill slope of the two lots from North to South. See the below picture of the view from the back of our house to the applicants' house. Combined with the recently extended depth of the applicants' house — already significantly greater than most of the rest of the houses on their block —the position of a raised deck would give the applicants an unsettling view directly into our bedroom (and home office and living room). This is, of course, undesirable for us and would most likely force us to seek relief by putting up a fence on the property line in order to restore our privacy, something we would find burdensome to do. Thank you for your consideration.