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G. The proposed house cannot meet a 75' setback due to the location of the <br />shared driveway access on the property. The house is located to within 2' of <br />the edge of the drive. <br />H. The S' side setback has been requested to provide one additional parking <br />space on the property. The Zoning Code requires residential properties to <br />have 2 off-street parking spaces. To accommodate a second parking space <br />next to the house, a side setback variance is required because the house is <br />shifted towards the west side property line. The parking stall must be located <br />between the house and side property line due to the shared driveway located <br />behind the house. The driveway is narrow and permanent parking within the <br />driveway area would block through Uafftc. <br />I. No parking is available on the opposite side of the shared driveway as the <br />land immediately begins to rise to the elevation of North Shore Drive. <br />J. A typical parking space in a commercial area is 9' X 20' in size. The <br />proposed parking area would be approximately 10' X 20'. <br />K. The Planning Commission advised the applicant the house should be <br />designed to meet the minimum 50' lakeshore setback as generally advised by <br />the DNR and not encroach any ftuther into the shared driveway than the <br />existing house is located. Locating the house any closer to the lakeshore or <br />'nto the driveway would set a negative precedent for redevelopment of the <br />properties located on the shared driveway. Any building in this neighborhood <br />within 50' of the lakeshore would not be consistent with the policies <br />established by the City for lakeshore development. <br />4. THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL <br />FINDINGS: <br />A. The City Council finds the driveway width shall not be encroached upon to <br />allow adequate area for emergency vehicle access to all properties served by <br />the driveway. Any encroachment would eliminate parking spaces and reduce <br />the traveled width. It is the position of the City of Orono that the entire <br />driveway shall be encouraged have an improved width of 24'. 24' is the <br />standard minimum paved width for a private road. <br />Page 3 of8