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1Ks. Brenda Krueger .7une 1 ~ 1984 ..:Page 2 In order to properly understand .the undue hardship, it is neces~Ary to review the background of this matter. Remington first brought blueprints and plans to the City of New Brighton and applied for a building permit. The Building Official reviewed the plans and advised Remington and the. City r Planner that a variance would be required. Unfortunately, the Building ~ V Official told neither the City Planner nor Remington the exact amount of the variance that would be required. Remington then made application for a variance permit through City Planner Brenda Krueger who advised Remington that it must submit a "footprint" showing the location of the house on the lot The "footprint" was prepared by Surveyor James Kurth who did not show a' s which was to be located an additional eight feet forward of the "frint." That post had been included on the blueprints submitted to the Building Official.- The purpose of the post is to support the roof trusses which extended to that point. because of the design of the roof.. Variances were granted by a Council on advice of the Planning Commission without reference to the os Subsequently, the Building Official reviewed the prints, plan , and variance with representatives of Remington Builders and granted a building permit. ~, pry J ~~ /w ~' dU- I~" ~~ Remington ordered its materials and began construction of the home. On or about May 23, 1984, the Building Official visited the site and "red-otfgged" ation of the front yard requirement by virtue the job, citing a viol observing footings which were to be used for the post. The Building fficial finally agreed to remove the red tag based upon our agreement that etter to him stating that we would not locate a post. < we would write a 1 within the required front yard which would be used. to support th poof., e- ~~ have done ao and were then able to continue construction. U~,~oy" „~P~ ,~i t the time that construction was halted, the. roof trusses had already been ~ ~~! t~ constructed to the design in the prints. The post is necessary to support '- the roof trusses. Any change in the roof at this t'me would leave Remington with several thousand dollars worth of s l made el s roof trusses. Any change in the roof at this time would require a total redesign of the house as simply using different trusses to make a shorter .roof would create an architectural monstrosity. This is designed to be a very beautiful house in a very beautiful neighborhood. You will note that the support post is depicted as part of a beautiful brick arching in the enclosed drawing. The design as presented should be maintained both for the sake of the property itself as well as adjoining properties in the neighborhood. This situation would not have occurred without a series of unique cir- cumstances. These circumstances are: