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ning <br />James <br />cted <br />litions: <br />111 <br />De <br />id at <br />n <br />ny <br />ane. <br />M <br />EXPLAIN YOUR REQUEST AND REASONS FOR THE SAME: <br />I am requesting permission to allow me to keep the retaining walls I have con­ <br />structed on the east edge of my property, adjacent to my garage and porch. I <br />built these retaining walls to accomplish two basic goals. The first goal was <br />to level out an area which was previously sloped from the edge of my driveway <br />towards the lake. I wanted this area flat for appearance's sake, as well as <br />to enable me to better use it. The second reason I built the walls was to <br />help eliminate a drainage problem which was occurring both to the east and <br />south (lakeside) of the area that I have terraced. Neither grass nor other <br />vegetation, other than weeds, would grow in this area because of the almost <br />totally shaded condition that exists there. Boci;;>se of this and the steepness, <br />both to the east and south, the water running from the street and onto my <br />driveway and down this area was washing the soil away and towards and into the <br />lake. The building of the retaining wall has eliminated this runoff almost <br />totally. <br />CONDITIONAL USE AND OTHER: <br />I use the area adjacent to my garage for both a walkway to my yard on the <br />lake side of the house and as an area for keeping my two boat trailers. In <br />the winter months, I keep a boat on one of the trailers and leave it parked <br />there and I store the other trailer empty there. I also intend to use the <br />terraced level furthest east and south for planting shrubbery which will sur <br />vive in the heavily shaded conditions that exist there. I do not intend to <br />change the use of the area with these walls, except that I will be able to <br />prevent or control the runoff to such an extent that the soil from the area <br />adjacent to my garage and porch will no longer end up in the lake. <br />* • <br />As I have explained in my correspondence with the City of Orono, I did not know <br />I needed a permit to build the retaining walls that I have built. I tried to <br />build the retaining walls in such a manner that they would be unobjectionable to <br />both my neighbors to the east, as well as my neighbors who use "Ivy Lane" as a <br />lake access. The retaining walls do not obstruct anybody's use of Ivy Lane, nor <br />do they contribute to or increase any erosion problem to Ivy Lane or my property <br />in general. <br />#758 <br />K ; <br />■ <br />m <br />4 <br />t <br />^ i - ■; <br />ym <br />H110 <br />M <br />Q. <br />• Ulgo <br />Cl. <br />Hs <br />OL <br />Ul <br />Ul <br />H <br />s <br />S3u. <br />Z 01 <br />M ac <br />Ul <br />Ul <br />CL >- <br />O I- <br />Ula >- os <br />M <br />CL <br />Ul <br />HI <br />V <br />CM <br />III <br />Ul <br />h- <br />5 <br />H <br />HI >O -I <br />O <0 <br />N <br />go <br />> <br />HI <br />CM Cd <br />iS <br />I <br />CM O <br />CM <br />in <br />0) r-l <br />HI <br />>- Ul f <br />^ CK Z t <br />>- Ul Z I <br />35^i-i 3 <br />^ o S <br />«« <br />o x: <br />qc CM c <br />£ C <br />Ul <br />HI <br />HI <br />HI § <br />CM O 5 <br />• Z 01 <br />CO O <br />f-4 -I < <br />rM• a <br />*4> Ul <br />CM QC <br />r-i a <br />in -I <br />CO rH M <br />HI O <br />-J L <br />CO L <br />0 Ul <br />01 -j 3 <br />< O I <br />O O <br />Ui ^ . <br />QC <br />O (-I 5 <br />M in 2 <br />0^ m <br />CM <br />o <br />o <br />> <br />HI <br />HI <br />Ul <br />HI <br />CM <br />I <br />CO i <br />•H <br />I <br />CM <br />CO ^ -M <br />HI O O CO <br />Z Z Ulu u ^ <br />01 01 < : <br />Ul Ul -I 3 <br />H H <br />O banoxi o << <br />01 01 -I . <br />>• >- <br />O O o 1 <br />^ ^ ^ i <br />to CO • <br />K <br />Oo Ul < <br />>• \ <br />QC < Ul <br />CL Ul a £ <br />O Z X <br />1=''■ ll'l ^4' ■' ■ ■