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MINUTES OF TIIK ORONO CI'I'Y COUNCIL MKKTINC; Monday, December 13, 2004 7:00 o'clock p.m. GiinVoii Klnlcd lol coverage as defined hy City Code is 15 percenl, which is 2,100 s(|iiarc fed for Ihis lol. (Jaffron slated from a hardcover perspective the applicant is allowed 1,918 .square feel of hardcover. Ajiproxiiiialely 600 srpiare feet is re(|iiired for a rlriveway, sidewalk, and deck, which would bring the hardcover to approximately 32 percent with a 1,500 square Idol fiKilprinl. Vogstroin indicated it is his underslanding he is allowed a 1,500 .sipiare ftM)t footprint for a lol of record. Vogstroin .staled in his opinion Casco I'oint Road is a busier road and that his lol does constitute a hardship. Harrctt staled the 1,500 .square feel is the amount that the Council will vary up to but it docs not mean that the applicant is allowed to exceed the 1,500 scpinre feel. Moorsc stated 25 percent hardcover is what the ordinance allows, which is approximately 1,900 square feet. M(Hir.sc .staled if the applicant is allowed 600 .square fed for a driveway, 100 square feel for a sidewalk, and 100 square feet for a deck, the remaining hardcover would be approximately 1,100 square fool. Moor.se staled a variance would be required to allow the additional hardcover. VoR.slrom indicated it is his un'lcrstanding that most people gel a 1,500 squaie fool fooiin inl. (iaITroii noted there is a significant number ofluiuses that have been built that arc less than 1,500 scpiare feel. Saiiseveie staled at the last meeting the Council felt the applicant should be allowed |,5(.K) s<|uarc feel rather than the I,IKK) sipiare feel. Sanscvcrc indicated the 1,500 square feel is fair and that the applicant should not be held to the 25 peicent hardcover. 1 odd Phelps, I eonard, Siieel aiul Dcinard. slated there appears to be some precedent where the City has approved at least two other ca.ses that aie similar to this aiqilicalioii which meri fuilhcr