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Narrative for 95 Smith Ave. Orono <br />Angela & Matt Hopping <br />Matt and I propose to remove the existing house at 95 Smith Ave. and build a new <br />house. The new house is a walkout rambler with above and below garage space. The design of <br />the new house will require two items to be approved by the City of Orono. First item is to have <br />is the cut / fill calculation over the 501 cubic yard allowance approved. The second item is to <br />allow two curb cuts to our property. <br />Our new house design has a fill calculation over the allowed amount by the City of <br />Orono of 501 cubic yards. The footprint of the existing home is not within the required <br />setbacks for building on this lot, therefore the existing footprint of the home needs to be filled <br />in and will make up the majority of the fill being brought into this lot. The new house will be <br />located behind the existing home location. <br />Secondly, we are requesting two curb cuts to allow for the upper and lower garages to <br />both have driveway access. The combination of the proposed driveways is not possible due to <br />the grade changes in Smith Ave. and the proposed house layout. The maximum driveway slope <br />allowed is 10% and the lot depth and setback distances restrict a driveway combination. We <br />feel the two curb cuts will not disrupt the uniformity of the neighborhood since there are <br />already three houses within one block of our property that have two curb cuts each. The <br />address' are 45 Smith Ave., 125 Smith Ave. & 1290 Lyman Ave. With the elevation difference <br />between the two driveways we will have a retaining wall on the north side of the lower <br />driveway. The engineered drawings are part of our submittal for this conditional use permit. <br />