HomeMy WebLinkAboutMindlinapp.pdfMindlin and Levine Area Variance Request
The benefits to us from the variance are many but we cannot construct a garage or carport
without the variance.
We cannot move our house nor our garuge nor our driveway. They have existed since
1940 and there is no affordable nor sensible way to do anything other than create
coverage for our cals and thereby for ourselves adjacent to the (too small) garcge and
over the existing concrete pad at the top of our driveway.
It is no longer feasible to successfully deal with heavy rains, significant icing, and heavy
snowfalls because we cannot handle the physical exertion required and because the risk
of falling has become a serious problem. We pay people to plow the driveway with
varying success and failure but none are willing to shovel out the cars and in any event,
the cost would be prohibitive.
Our health, safety and well being are the benefits we seek and need. Additionally, we
need to utilize the existing garage spaae which means that we need a place to put the
items regularly stored there. The existing shed law prevents sensible use of our property.
There are ne detriments of any kind to the health, safety, and welfare of neighbors or the
community. The only neighbors impacted by a possible structure are our immediate
neighbors to the west, Esther and Martha Linke, who support our request.
Garages and carports are prevalent in our village and variances to allow them are also
quite common. The structure will be appropriate in scale and style. Its cost will
determine whether we create a carport or can afford a garage. We will not determine the
cost unless we receive a variance because there is no reason to exoend thousands of
dollars on a plan unless we can build the building.
The other three corner houses, adjacent to ours, have garages. The Linkes have a garuge.
Many property owners on The Parkway have carports. Our carport or garage will
therefore not affect the character ofour neighborhood.
As stated abeve, there is no other way to achieve the necessary shelter for our cars ahd
belongings and prevent the multiple falls which I took last winter.
Our combined footprint (house and garage) will only be7.IYo, well within the I2%o
allowed. We need to be able to utilize all of the area inside of our existing, legal fence
which also provides camouflage for any structures.
There will be no negative environmental impacts from construction of this building and
no impact at all upon the physical conditions of the village. We do not intend to remove
any trees.
The location of the house, garage and driveway were not created nor altered by us in any
way and are the reason we cannot build without a variance. Therefore, the problem was
not self created. Our drivervay, like many in the village, is very close to the property line
so as not to waste the valuable lawn space and allow for the positioning of the house
within the setback requirements.