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Dear Ci~ of Ramsey Officiates, To request this variance we have been asked to submit to you a statemen~ of intent along with proper documentation and maps and pictures to assist you in making your decision. Thank you for your time and consideration. Wayne and Marian Metoche INTENT To receive a variance from the standard of 200 feet af public road access ftc an additional house on the 27 acres at 17400 Erkium Sereet, in Ramsey, Minnesota. Full assurances from the property owners for the dedication of 66-foot road with 60- foot radius cul-de-sac to connect to developed future road. ISSUE IN SHORT A signed purchase agreement for 27 acres at 17400 Er~um will close November 2t}1}3. The proper~ty has been purchased with the express intent to be two residences. One 4-acre lot already has an established variance for the property. The second 4-acre parcel needs to be sui~divided requiring an identical variance. In order to achieve this second variance (public road access) we found out that (#1) it is an emergency vehicle access issue in tho; ;he city must have adequate ability to approach the propertT. Thus, we spoke with Dean Kapler, fire chief and director of public works. He referred to several elements required for emergency vehicle access and said he personally knew this roadway stating that it satisfied all of the requirements. We were also told (#2) that granting this variance would not be in the best interest of the city plan - it went against the grain of planning 101. We understand. Unfortunalely, there is no simple response to this. Yet, if we could softly point out that a variance would by definition be varying away from the plan and that it is not meant to harm the overall plan but to be a legitimate exception to it. That would seem to be what a variance is. The code requires 21}0 feet of access from a public road. The granted variance for the existing residence is based on a 13-foot wide blacktop paved road extending the entire drive t¥om house to the edge of the 27 acres and the class 5 roadways through the easement to the public road. A 12-foot wide x 12-foot high clearance passage for the largest emergency vehicle passage is currently in place. These requirements have been met, established, maintained and approved for the first parcel for the 14-year life of the residence. Understanding our plan of development for the second parcel Mr. Kapler indicated his satisfaction for the additional residence to be serviced by the existing road system for emergency vehicle use. 13