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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 Barnhart asked to clarify and said squaring this off will have a portion of the deck closer to the lake. Walsh said they would be getting rid of some of the 0-75 and there will be a bit that is closer but no closer than the other point. Johnson clarified Walsh is saying if this deck is 100 square feet right now,the applicant can have her 100 square feet in any configuration she wants,as long as it does not protrude farther than the farthest point. Ms. Goodwald noted she has windows there. Walsh said that is the problem when there is a 0-75 and the Council could just say no,she could just make it lower and square it off.They are giving her something here. Barnhart asked to assume that this amount of deck is the same area of the existing deck;this would be acceptable even though a portion of it extends closer to the lake. Walsh is just thinking they could have the same square footage of the deck the applicant has today but cannot get any closer than the closest point. She can create the shape herself. Ms. Goodwald said the pavers really do not matter. Barnhart said the pavers matter from a hardcover standpoint.They can't exclude 100 square feet of deck when it is above an impervious surface. If it is above grass they can exclude that 100 square feet from the hardcover calculation. Walsh noted that is irrelevant because right now they are giving the applicant the same amount of deck. Barnhart thinks he is hearing the same amount of deck square footage as provided that no portion of the deck is more than that dimension from the existing corner. Walsh said yes, whatever that distance is. Barnhart noted the Council has given him direction and he will come back with a revised plan and a resolution for approval with those parameters. 16. LA21-000026—JALIN DESIGN,LLC O/B/O TIM HOLLAND, 1395 ORONO LANE, VARIANCES—RESOLUTION Curtis said the application is regarding approval for two separate,non-conforming accessory buildings in order to reconstruct them with minor expansions or changes to the volume. The first is a carriage house and the second is a boat house. Regarding the boat house,the applicant has requested hardcover within the 75-foot setback, side yard setback,lake setback, and ALS variances in order to expand the envelope of Page 24 of 34