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27 Patricia A. LaBossiere / Nina E. Guertin 612-770-8804 / 612-803-9159 2653 Stinson Boulevard St. Anthony Village, MN 55418 August 7, 2012 Ms. Jacqueline Corkle City of St. Anthony 3301 Silver lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55418 Dear Ms. Corkle: Attached you will find the pre -variance application submittal for our property at 2653 Stinson Boulevard, St. Anthony. The legal description of the property is Lot 28, Block 8, Murray Heights Addition to Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. The property is a corner lot, located on the SE corner of 27th Avenue NC and Stinson Boulevard. Our zoning district is R-1. Unique circumstances and practical difficulties causing the need to seek a variance / variances: We would like to seek a variance of City code 152.176, which states that, "No detached accessory building may be located within any yard other than the rear yard, except that garages may be located in side yards." Unfortunately, our home was built facing Stinson Boulevard, with no back yard, only side and front yards. We have considered the best place for shed placement on our property, and would like to move forward on an application to seek a variance to build a 10' x 20' shed in the front yard, placed in the SW corner of our property, as we feel that the shed would be better hidden in that area of our yard, and it would be more aesthetically pleasing overall. The west -facing 10' side of the shed would be facing Stinson Boulevard, which is the side most seen. The south -facing 20' rear side of the shed would be partially hidden by the fencing as well as by an existing mature pine tree, which is on the outside of the fence, and which faces the alleyway. The20' north side of the shed would be facing the south side of our home, and the 10' east side of the shed would be facing our privacy fence and our garage doors. Note: We did consider placing the shed along the privacy fence bordering the east side of our property, but that placement is much more visible from Stinson Boulevard. Also, if you look at the site plan, placing a shed in that area would seem "plopped -in" rather than "tucked -in". And, although the exterior would be cedar -shingled, we feel that less siding exposure to Stinson Boulevard would be more aesthetically pleasing. Finally, we found this summer that the east area is prime for raising both vegetables and flowers. The area we have selected for the proposed shed is highly acidic due to the pine tree, and would not be a sustainable garden area.