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For your 2-story with 1600 sf house footprint, plus an attached 24x3Q garage with full bonus room <br /> above, you need allowable floor area of at least G240 sf. With a FAR of 0.5, this house would <br /> require a lot at least 12,480 sf in area, i.e. iYs fieasible on all your lots. For a FAR of 0.4, the <br /> same house would require a lot at least 15,600 sf in area, which not all your lots would meet. We <br /> would not consider changing the method of calculating the FAR. <br /> I would like to request that we limit 1 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to a minimum oP 0.4 as <br /> shown above. Because the garage floor area, the total basement level (not fiiushed lower <br /> level), and bomis rooins are all calculated this quickly reduces the living area. Thi� will <br /> require more creativity in on oi�r part but will significalitly reduce the size of the homes. I <br /> have reviewed two or otu•plans that would be comparable to those built in this <br /> neighborhood and they work but are tight. <br /> For this neighborhood I believe these sizes would be acceptable because they are not <br /> "Big"houses. Add in the fact that extensive design and landscaping will be dramatically <br /> improved should prove to be a nice addition to the overall neighborhood. <br /> I don't believe that I can address the opinion that this won't fit into the neighborhood. I <br /> have developed many new neighborhoods surrounded by older homes. Qtiite honestly it <br /> is veiy rare that you are not developing "new" into "existing" in this area of the <br /> community where city sewer and water are available. <br /> I have developed more than six new neighborhoods that have had adjoining, sinular 70's <br /> built rambler plans. I personally, believe they can blend together very well and variety is <br /> not all bad. <br /> This could become a neighborhood that is highly sought after in this marketplace. The <br /> ability to create a neighborhood with this size lot, connect neighborhoods together with a <br /> trail, and bring the people within the neighborhood closer together can only be an <br /> amenity to the City of Orono. <br /> I don't know what other reasonable options there are consideruig what the current costs <br /> are for land, developinent, and building in this commtuuty. Tlus site plan would seem to <br /> acconmlodate what you had originally shown me relative to how the property directly to <br /> the south could be developed. <br /> rortunately, and quite uniquely, we have not had any major neighborhood opposition. I <br /> have yet to be at Platuiing or Cotulcil meeting that hasn't had some level of neighborhood <br /> issues or opposition. <br /> With respect to all of our efforts and to let the property owners know what they can <br /> expect from their property, I would like to know what, if anything, we should be doing. <br /> We had discussed a possibility of a site visit with the City Council. <br /> I would like to ask thlt tliis letter be given to members of the City Coluicil prior to a site <br /> visit so tliat they may understand our additional thoughts on this proposal. Attached are <br />