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T H E R M O KING SALES A SERVICE, INC. 1951 Old Highway 8 • New Brighton, MN 55112 • (612) 633-2820 August 2, 1985 City of New Brighton, Planning Commission City of New Brighton, City Council 803 5th Avenue N.W. New Brighton, MN 55112 Gentlemen: We are hereby requesting a variance for installation of a fence which we have been informed by Ms. Brenda A. Krueger, the City Planner, is in violation of New Brighton City Code Section 6-400, the violation being that: 1. The fence extends beyond the front of our building line 2. The fence exceeds the three and one-half (31) foot height restriction This is, as you are probably aware, the second time we have requested this variance and, accordingly, we beg your indulgence in this matter. Enclosed is a scale drawing of our plot plan indicating the section of our fence for which the variance is requested. We have occupied our new building for almost one year and have found that we need the area on the northwest corner of our property for snow storage in the winter months. Because of the large drives and parking areas on our lot, we have to push snow a great distance beyond the edge of the parking areas to ensure sufficient room for additional snow falls. The north boundary of our parking area is bordered closely with fencing on the westerly end and a ponding area on the easterly end. After a couple of snow falls, we cannot push snow into these areas because of space limitations. The eastern edge of this area is limited by the ponding area and a berm with a sharp incline off the east side to the freeway right of way. The alternative to using the northwest corner would be to purchase a huge frontloader to dump snow over the fence. This would be cost prohibitive and create an undue hardship financially. The nature of our business precludes us from relying on contract snow removal because of the uncertainty of the snow being plowed immediately after a snow fall. We provide twenty four hour emergency service for our customers. We would like to call to your attention that our property is somewhat unique because of the huge right of way on old Highway 8. The closest our fence comes to the curb is fifty plus feet. Our building is set back ninety plus feet from the curb. In a customary setting our building set back would be in line with our fence. A large area of our property was made unusable because of the ponding area required by the Rice Creek Watershed District.