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ORONO C ITY COUNCIL MELTING MONDAY* OCTOBER 8* 2001 7. Mi-2702 BremskeU Hornes^ JSSt Livingston Avenue—Renewat I'arlances— Kesointkm No. 4700—Continued Gappa staled that 5 acres of land above Cuff s property drain through her >-ard. Ilie lot in question is 0.1S acres out of 5 acres, so the added run off from that lot would be such a small portion of the total so as not to be noticeable. I le staled a ditch had been installed some years ago. but it requires periodic maintenance to be effective, or a pipe could bo installed. Mayor Peterson asked Ms. Cuff if she could get support from her neighKirs to install a storm sewer sv^tem. Cuff stated that her neighborhood is full of starter homes and it would not be cost effective for most of the residents to pay for a storm sewer system. Mavor Peterson asked if the changes she had made worked. Cuft'replied Uiey had redone the basement with e.xtra supports, commercial drain tile, a commercial pump system, and two genciator back-ups. Ihey had also installed a swale, fhey have spent a lot of money to protect themselves from flooding. She asked if die small amount of extra run-off from tlie nv’v house caused flooding on her property, would she have any recourse. She also stated the catch basin is inadequate. Gappa stated the catch basin has no outlet, so in the case of tug ev ents, it fills up and runs over. Cuff stated that public water is running through a private drainage s>'stcm. Flint stated that the house that was removed from the lot was 740 s.f. llie proposed house would be l.lOO s.f. Gaffron stated the lot allows fur a 1,500 s.f. strueture. or less. In this case, they concluded the drainage was properly directed and the construction would not produce enough additional drainage to have an effect on the neiglibors. Cuff again asked if she would have recourse if she were fliHHled. WTiite responded she would have to show that it was the City's: respvvnsibilitv. Cuff stated the developer had previously olTered to construct a holding pond. Behnke stated that the developers made the ofl'cr before seeing the numbers on the run-olT their construction would produce. He stated a holding pond would not be cost elTective for so insignificant an amount of water, lie added that the currently vacant lot would have gross and a resident to maintain the yard, which would help slow down run-off. White moved, and Sansevcrc seconded, to adopt Resolution N'o. 4700 granting variances to Municipal Zoning Code Section I0.2S, Subdivision 6(B) to allow the construction of a new single family residence on a lot of 0.15 acre area and 50* w idth w here a 0.5 area and 100* width are normally required. Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0.