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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Monday,June 15,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Ms.Noble said if you park on the street on Casco Point Road, it is pretty much a one-lane, and people <br /> have to stop to let other cars go by. The kids next door are 8 and 10 and constantly riding their bikes <br /> around, and it gets pretty dangerous with the blind spots. With the bike path being close, walkers and <br /> runners are also in the community. The variance would allow them to keep cars in the driveway. <br /> Ressler stated,when looking at the application, it appears that it fits in with the spirit of the neighborhood <br /> and it does not seem like they are overbuilding. The Staff seems to be in support of everything. The <br /> hardcover is where the deliberation begins. <br /> Bollis asked if there is a limit for the credit they can get with the pervious hardcover. <br /> Curtis said the hardcover code allows Staff to take 100 square feet of pervious pavement off of their <br /> calculation if they build it that way. The Applicant is proposing additional pervious pavers to offset their <br /> overages. <br /> Ressler asked if the calculations from the survey take into consideration the 100 square feet of credit. <br /> Curtis stated the Staff report provided hardcover calculations; she corrected them. They are proposing <br /> 3,136 square feet of hardcover, including the credit. <br /> Ressler noted it would be 3,096 if the full 140 would be credited. <br /> Curtis said initially they were taking off the entire walkway;the surveyor misinterpreted the credit. <br /> Ressler asked if the City's guidelines call for a maximum of 2,872 of hardcover. <br /> Curtis stated that number was accurate. <br /> Libby noted it was nice that Staff expressed the overage in a percentage, but he was trying to figure it out <br /> in square feet. He said it would appear that 264 square feet is roughly the equivalent of the difference of <br /> the allowable hard surface and what the homeowner would like to go with. He felt that was the equivalent <br /> of a one-car garage. The handicap is the idea of building a three-car garage, and the Applicant is creating <br /> their own circumstances by adding another single-car garage. He said he loves large garages as he collects <br /> old cars;the more garage stalls,the better. The difficulty that is arising is from building a third garage <br /> stall;the practical difficulty is invented by the desire to have the three-car garage. The 264 is roughly the <br /> square footage difference between the allowable and what the Applicant would like to be able to build on. <br /> Curtis confirmed Libby's comments. <br /> Ressler said the Applicant stated one of the practical difficulties for use is the two teenage drivers. The <br /> Commission's deliberation also is that if there are two vehicles parked,they would probably not get two <br /> cars parked in front of each other in 30 feet without hanging over the road. You would not be able to get <br /> around them side-by-side, either. <br /> Libby commented that he did not mean to be insensitive about that issue. He is a grandfather with three <br /> daughters, eight granddaughters, and many of them have transitioned through the life cycle of learning <br /> how to drive and getting a driver's license and a car.He said it can be touchy as they learn to drive, <br /> Page 3 of 19 <br />