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1 <br /> Ms. Jeanne A. Mabusth <br /> April 16, 1990 <br /> Page 2 <br /> We are hereby requesting that the Orono City Council <br /> formally approve the use of looped driveways in Sugar Woods, <br /> because straight driveways are already proving to be impractical <br /> and unsafe. Looped driveways are common in Orono and should be <br /> allowed in Sugar Woods. If the City Council agrees, it could pass <br /> a resolution interpreting Paragraph F of Resolution 2652 as <br /> allowing looped driveways or it could pass a resolution amending <br /> said Paragraph F. In either case, no driveway should be more <br /> than 20 feet wide as it passes through the 50-foot wide front <br /> setback area. <br /> The question of looped driveways arose recently with the <br /> application for a building permit for a house to be built by <br /> Steiner & Koppelman on Lot 2 , Block 2, Sugar Woods. I understand <br /> that several driveway layouts were proposed, namely the <br /> following: <br /> 1. The builder proposed to build a looped driveway with <br /> the enclosed layout ("Choice #1") . It was rejected, because <br /> it involved two driveways that cut through the 50-foot area <br /> front setback area. <br /> 2. The builder proposed an alternate layout consisting of <br /> a straight driveway with a turn-around circle (enclosed as <br /> "Choice #2") • It was rejected, because portions of the <br /> driveway were more than 20 feet wide within the 50-foot <br /> front setback. <br /> 3 . The builder prepared a third layout with a turn-around <br /> "Y", which could have been modified to satisfy both the one <br /> driveway rule and the 20-foot wide rule (enclosed as "Choice <br /> #3") . It was also rejected, because it would occupy more <br /> than 1000 square feet (50 ' x 20' ) in the front set-back <br /> area. <br /> 4 . You proposed and the builder accepted a fourth layout, <br /> consisting of a straight 14-foot wide driveway that widened <br /> at the front of the three-car garage (enclosed as "Choice <br /> #4n� . <br /> If my recitation of the facts is not completely accurate, please <br /> forgive me, because most of this is second hand. However, it is <br /> clear that on this particular lot a looped driveway would be the <br /> safest and most sensible layout, as well as a more aesthetic <br />