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\ <br />\ <br />tai5 <br />C <br />■ <br />TO: Honorable Mary Butler <br />Mayor, City of Orono <br />UlMl <br />JU.-7 <br />IIY OF ORONO <br />Orono City Council <br />Orono City Planning Commission <br />STATEMENT OP DORIANNE SEIFERT AND MILTON SEIFERT <br />SHOWING UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HARDSHIP IN SUPPORT <br />OF A REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF VARIANCE <br />REQUEST <br />We submit this statement in support of our request <br />for a three year extension in complying with Resolution <br />No. 1165 granted September 29, I960. <br />BACKGROUND <br />At the time we signed the Resolution we had every <br />intention of abiding by it, even though we felt we had no <br />due to the following circumstances: <br />We had decided to add on to our house. We checked <br />with the City (Jean Mabusth) explained the multiple <br />dwellings on our property and asked if that would be <br />a problem. We were told that the City %#ould not make <br />us tear anything down but that we would have to comply <br />with the hard-cover ordinance. <br />Our architect and Milton Seifert had multiple visits <br />to the City offices and followed all the directions. <br />Several thousand dollars were put into plans and related <br />expenses in reliance upon the directions we received. <br />In April 1980 we appeared before the Planning Commission. <br />Previous issues were dropped and new ones were raised <br />right there—totally unexpectedly. When Dr. Seifert <br />A.U ^ stated that he would not be able to comply with <br />the demands and would not proceed with the addition to <br />the house one of the members said: <br />Now that we know about you, we will not forget. <br />This was taken as a not-too-veiled threat of action <br />our property. Being made by a member of the <br />City Council at one of the later of our meetings, it <br />was taken seriously. <br />i liss Mite?®; <br />wmt