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July 18, 2023 <br />Dear Variance Committee, <br />We are writing to request a variance for setbacks on our rebuild at 953 St. Andrews Lane. <br />Our property is located at the base of the large Troon Court retaining wall. We will have 18'+ <br />high walls on the east (left) and south (rear) sides of our property (we have negative walls). <br />We have spent so many months and a lot of money, working alongside our Troon neighbors, as <br />well as, the City of Louisville, GROUND Engineering, and JVA on a wall design that is solid and <br />will last for the safety and integrity of our entire neighborhood. Rob & I were unable to begin <br />house design until we had a base understanding from the geo-technical and civil engineering <br />teams on what would be possible for our lot. <br />Because the wall is so high on east side of our lot, we wanted to move the house as close to <br />that wall as possible. Because of the high walls in the back of the lot, we needed to move the <br />house as forward as possible, so it doesn't feel like a cave in the backyard. Sunlight is very <br />important to us and so is the prospect of recovering as much of a view as possible. As you can <br />see in the drawings, the front right corner of the porch encroaches on the 20 'setback and we <br />would like a variance on that setback. Other other setback variance we would like is on the back <br />of lot to account of the porch overhang (by a few inches). <br />Prior to Lisa Ritchie's departure from the City of Louisville, she was very involved in these <br />conversations and from the get -go had expressed her commitment that the City would go to bat <br />for us with the variance committee around setback variances. On June 2nd, Rob and I, along <br />with our architects, had a conversation with Ellie Hassan and Rob Zuccaro from the City of <br />Louisville. They said that they are willing to recommend to the variance board that they approve <br />of our setback requests. They want to make sure the HOA is on board as well and we have <br />submitted the variance request to the HOA's Architectural Committee for approval. <br />Before we completely finalize design, we have have to have approved setback variances for the <br />design we are proposing. <br />Please reach out with any additional questions, <br />Emily & Rob De Voto <br />953 St. Andrews Lane <br />Louisville, Co 80027 <br />Cell - 303-638-6032 <br />Email - emilymamaboulder(a--)gmail.com or rdv(.@_a-lour-net.com <br />