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eptember ~2, 1978 , 1291 12th Ave . ,ti'. W. New Brighton, Minn. 55112 Mr. James.Senden, Mayor Members of the City:Council City of New Brighton 803 Sth Ave. N.W. New Brighton,, Minna 55112 Dear Mayor Senden and Council Members: This letter concerns an item to be heard at the September 14 New Brighton City Council meeting. The item of concern is a request for a variance to permit the subdivision of property creating two (2) lots-.each having less than the minimum -.permitted width. The property is located at 1315 12th Ave. N.W. and the property description is as follows: Audi-tors Subdivision No. 79, Lots 28 and 29 subject to street and except-south 80 feet. It is our understanding that the request proposes the property be divided by an east/west line creating north_and south lots 72 feet and 66 feet in width respectively. My wife and I own and occupy the property to the immediate south of the property in question. Our purpose in writing this letter is to ask that the request for the variance be denied. Our reasons for requesting that the variance be denied are as follows. 1) Building another home on a lot 66 ft. wide between the present residence at 1315 12th Ave. N.W. and our home at 1291 12th Ave. N.W. would result in three homes being crowded much too closely together. The construction of a third house would greatly detract from the character of the neighbor- hood as it now exists on 12th Ave. N.W.. The neighborhood is one of spacious wooded lots and it is characterized by a distinct lack of crowding. 2) Because of the particular location of the property which is sought to be divided (i.e. it is at the corner of two dead end streets) building- another home on a lot which is of less than legal width would result in the three houses occupying the same corner (12th Ave. and 13th St.). The result would be a severe crowding together of driveways and parking. This too would detract from the existing character of the neighborhood. 3) We purchased our home only last October and iae were attracted to the area because of the size of the surrounding lots. We would not have purchased the property if we_had known such a subdivision was likely, or even possible. 4) Obviously, there is also the consideration that crowding another house on a lot of less than legal width will lower the value of our own pro- perty substantially and we will suffer considerable financial loss. 5) We note that no building plans have been submitted along with. the variance request. It is entirely possible that certain types of