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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,May 10,2021 6:00 o'clock p.m. 15. LA21-000024—LORRAINE GOODWALD,706 NORTH ARM DRIVE,VARIANCES— Continued applicant retooled the proposal and reduced the size of the deck;this does increase hardcover over the existing level by about 30 square feet. The applicant wants to get to the same hardcover level and has agreed to remove 30 feet of the impervious surface patio below the deck; Staff supports that change,so the variances requested are for the side, lake,and ALS setbacks and hardcover would be at the 33%which it is currently at right now. Staff recommends approval. Walsh asked if the design is to be determined or what it looks like now. Barnhart showed the irregular shape of the deck on screen and said right outside the door it is about 3 feet and it is hard for a wheelchair to get out.The applicant is proposing to make the deck smaller and remove some hardcover below the deck. Walsh asked about the 0-75. Barnhart showed the 0-75 lakeyard which kind of cuts through the house,and showed the ALS line that cuts about the last 7-8 feet of the house and the entire deck.All of this side of the house is within the lakeyard and within the ALS. This is a bigger encroachment than what is existing but the hardcover level is the same. The objective from the applicant is to make a more usable deck because there is a challenge opening the door and getting out on to the deck. The applicant's mother needs a wheelchair and that is part of the goal with this improvement—to make it a little more accessible. Johnson asked if it is protruding out the same as it was before. Barnhart believes one portion is about the same,and another portion is not. Lorraine Goodwald, applicant, said the current deck is 8 feet and then it circles in to about 3 feet 11 inches, so when she opens the door she is at the most narrow portion. She is proposing to stay at the 8 feet,not encroach any more towards the lake,and basically just square it off. She would like to be able to open the door and safely maneuver her mother's wheelchair without reclining it. She would like it to be functional as right now it is not functional,it is more like a balcony. Walsh noted this entire thing is just about the deck. Ms. Goodwald replied it is just about the deck,she is not asking for stairs,roof,nothing else. Walsh said the entire deck is in the 0-75 and the applicant is basically going to scrape the deck and put a new deck there. To him, as long as it is not closer to the lake,whatever square footage that deck is,they can have the square footage. He clarified whatever the square footage is of the current deck,she can have that square footage for a square or rectangular shaped deck. Otherwise they are adding more square footage in the 0-75. Page 23 of 34