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> ♦ <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,2002 <br />10. Appeal of Administrative Decision —Fox Street Driveway—Continued <br />her. She mostly wanted to protect the trees on the property. Prosa stated with their <br />proposed driveway they would only need to cut 2-3 trees. <br />Murphy asked if they could move the drive to the north in order to keep the trees. Prosa <br />stated Aey would then lose the circular drive. <br />White suggested rotating the house to give the garage a different orientation. Prosa stated <br />they designed the house for the view and want to keep the back windows in the current <br />orientation. <br />Sansevere asked if they were concerned with the looks of the house as people approach <br />the property from the street. Prosa stated they were naturally concerned with the <br />aesthetics of the house itself. <br />Murphy suggested they could find a solution to minimize the loss of trees, such as curving <br />the driveway to the north or south. He stated he was not in favor of adding a driveway to <br />Fox Street. Weinberger stated the lot could accommodate a driveway nearly anywhere, <br />but because of the location they chose for the house, the options were narrowed. <br />Sansevere suggested tabling the item so that the applicant could consider other options. <br />John Boyer, the builder, stated that they were going to move the driveway further north, as <br />Murphy suggested, but found it would not work because of the inclines and necessary <br />turns in the drive to reach the garage. Because of the old white pine on the lot, the drive <br />would only work where they had it located. He also stated that an entrance off Fox Street <br />would be the best option aesthetically. <br />Weinberger stated that the assumption was that the building location would be further to <br />the north when the plan for the shared driveway was originally made. <br />Mayor Peterson asked if the applicant would consider turning or moving the house. <br />Johnson replied it was a walk-out design and they considered many factors when choosing <br />the site for the house. <br />Sansevere asked Weinberger how strongly staff opposed access from Fox Street. <br />Weinberger replied they did not strongly oppose access from Fox Street, but that the issue <br />concerned the intent of the resolution from 1996. <br />Nygard stated that Fox Street is arterial, based on the amount of traffic it receives. <br />Weinberger stated there is a gravel drive on the other side of the property, but it is <br />privately owned and the owners will not allow' access to it.