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September 24, 1984- Ms. Brenda Krueger City Planner City of New Brighton 803 5th Ave. N.W. New Brighton, Mn 55112 Dear Brenda: We apologize for not responding to you sooner but it was not my impression that this issue was so urgent. In our meeting in August and your letter in September, you stated that we needed a building, permit to replace our old deck and that the location of the new deck probably did not meet the new building code guidelines and that consequently would need to apply fora variance. Please accept this letter with enclosures as our application for a Variance for the deck at our house. The circumstances which are unique and unusual surrounding this issue are as follows: 1. We purchased our home at 1596 28th Ave. N.W. in New Brighton in March of 1977 with a deck already constructed in the same location. It is my understanding that this deck was built in 1969. 2. Due to normal wear and tear of the weather and the fact that the lumber used at that time was not treated, the deck began looking terrible and was practically falling down. So, in July of 1984, I tore it down and reconstructed it with treated lumber in order to improve the appearance of the property and the neighborhood. 3. After spending a week of vacation time to reconstruct this deck and not to mention the expense involved, we feel it would cause undue hardship to be forced to tear it up, especially considering the fact that the old deck was in the exact same location on our property line for at least 15 years and nothing was ever said. Our assumption was that the previous .owners had certainly received a permit.