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LeFevere Lefler Kennedy O'Brien & Drawz 1 Pr~~Fcssional 4asociation 2000 First Bank Place West NOVember 3 0 , 19 8 4 Minneapoiis Minnesota 55402 Telephone (612) 333-0543 Telecopier (612) 333-0540 MS . Brenda Krueger Clayton L. LeFevere City Planner Herbert P. Lefler City of New Brighton J.Oennis0'Brien 803 Fifth Avenue N.W. John E. Drawz David J. Kennedy New Bri hton MN 55112 g ~ John B. Oean Glenn. E. Purdue Re: Special Use Permits For Fences Richard J. Schieffer Charles L. LeFevere Herbert P. Lefler III Dear MS . Krueger Jeffrey J Strand Mary J. Bjorklund John G.Kressel New Brighton City Code §4-540 (c) (6) provides as Dayte Nolan follows Cindy L. Lavorato Michael A Nash Brian F. Rice Fences for special purposes and t_orraineS.Ciugg fences differing. in construction, James J. Thomson, Jr. James M. Strommen het ht length or location from the g ~ Maryc. Nielsen requirements of this section may be terry ~. Hau Ronald H Batty permitted by the issuance of a special use permit [provided certain requirements are met]. You have asked whether fences differing in construc- tion, configuration or location may also be permitted by variance. The ordinance quoted above does .not state that permission to depart from the ordinance may be secured only by application fora special use permit. There- fore, an .application for a fence variance is not precluded by the terms of the ordinance. Ordinarily, a special use permit and a variance have different purposes. The purpose of the former is to make a use permitted if it meets stated conditions. The purpose of the latter is to alleviate undue hardship which otherwise would be imposed by compliance with the ordinance. Likewise, the standards to be considered in