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r. <1 <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, July 22,2002 <br />6:30 o*clock p.m. <br />m U02-279i DAVE AND JOD! RAHN, 1385 REST POINT ROAD ~ VARIANCES- <br />Continued <br />Sansevere asked if this would be acceptable to staff <br />Gaffron acknowledged that this slightly affects hardcover. <br />Murphy stated that this is the nearest compromise Rahn will get. If the floodplain issue had not <br />been part of the equation, Murphy stated that he would have supported staffs resolution. <br />Sansevere stated that he still grappled with the floodplain issue. <br />Rahn questioned whether it was Council ’s intention to maintain a 10,000 s.f. standard for a <br />nwly 14,000 s.f piece of property and literally just have the footprint of the house and maintain <br />the 25% hardcover, that seems unrealistic. He maintained that, over the past five years, the City <br />had not denied lots their 15% structural coverage. There may have been applications that have <br />come in that have not requested their full 15%. He questioned whether an applicant should be <br />penalized for not building their lot up to its potential the first time through. <br />Mayor Peterson agreed that they should not be penalized, but this situation has to do with the <br />hardcover issue. <br />^ain, Rahn stated that the lot next door has a higher percent of total lot hardcover that drains <br />into the lake. His lot has a lesser percent of hardcover, that’s held in a storage area, which a <br />section in the zoning code encourages ponding. While he could not identify the section, he <br />reiterated that the code encourages just what he has, water storage areas. <br />Mayor Peterson asked if Rahn were not agreeable to going back and coming back with a <br />redesigned garage. <br />Severe questioned whether the City encourages its residents to sump pump water into the <br />Rahn indicated that sump pumping does occur. <br />Murphy moved, Mayor Peterson seconded, to approve and adopt Resolution No 4834 <br />granting variances to aUow an attached garage and walkway to the existing residence, with <br />the conditions that the existing garage he reconfigured in such a way, to City staffs <br />satbfaction, that it will not serve as a garage, hut as storage only. Furthermore, all runoff <br />hardcover wiU he directed to the low level area of the property where it <br />will he allowed to soak in, and finally, all existing hardcover around the huildhiE will he <br />removed to City’s satisfaction. <br />PAGE 20 of 3S <br />!- <br />♦ <br />J