Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2011 12 21

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To Whom It May Concern: am writing to you to provide additional background information on the variance request for my property at 1059 W. Willow St., Louisville, CO 80027. am requesting a variance to build an 8 -foot tall wooden picket fence along the west edge of my property, which backs to McCaslin approximately 8 houses north of Harper Lake. The proposed fence would replace a city owned 8 -foot tall fence that was damaged in high winds during the summer of 2011 and was subsequently torn down this fall. The original city owned, 8 -foot tall cedar fence, was built in 1990 as a "good neighbor" gesture after McCaslin was redirected through the original backyard of my property using an imminent domain purchase. The 8 -foot height was chosen since the land slopes down from both my house and McCaslin to the point where the fence is built; effectively yielding a fence that would be equivalent to a 3 -4 foot tall fence on a non - graded plot. With this fence missing there is a significant loss of privacy in my residence and in my backyard. I now find myself making awkward eye contact with pedestrians and even people in cars when traffic is flowing slowly on McCaslin. 1 have only been living in my house since the summer of 2010 and 1 never would have purchased this house if the 8 -foot fence had not been present. 1 have already spoken with my neighbors to the east whose houses front to W. Willow St., and they had not even noticed that the original 8 -foot fence had been removed and they do not object to it being replaced. A precedent exists for 8 -foot tall fences in my neighborhood as the first house north of Harper Lake along McCaslin already has an 8 -foot tall stucco fence. Sincerely, Corin O'Connell