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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MoRday.JoMlSJOqi__________ (M) MII-2686 SUZANNE AND TERRY JOHNSON. 543 PARK LANE. VARIANCE, 9:05 p.m. - 9:25 p.m. Su/anne and Tcrr>‘ Johnson. Applicants. \%cre present. The Certificate of Mailing and Affidavit of Publication were noted. Bottenberg slated the Applicants are requesting variances to permit construction of an attached garage to the street side of the residence. The new garage will be 24’ by 24’. A portion of the e.xistir.g garage will become the new master bedroom. Hie new garage will e.xtend 16 feel closer to the street than the existing garage. Variances are needed because the garage encroaches in the rear setback, side sard setback, as well as increases the structural coverage on the lot over the allowed IS percent and hardcover in the 75-2SO’ setback area over the allowed 25 percent. Tlic second part of the request is to permit including the steps into the e.xisling entiyway on the south side of the residence. The enlr>wa> is alread> covered and the Applicants w ish to include the side steps as part of it. Variances are needed because the entr>xva> encroaches into the side yard setback and hardcover in the 75-250' setback area is over the allowed 25 percent. The entrxway will not increase the structural lot coverage. The existing entrxway and steps are already considered structure. The third part of the request is to permit enclosing a ground level patio. The patio will be enclosed to be a screen porch. A variance is required because it encroaches into the average lakeshore setback. The screen porch will not increase the hardcover in the 75-250 setback area or structural lot coverage. Bottenberg stated the Applicant has reduced the amount of hardcover and structural coverage from their original plan. The Applicant has agreed to remove substantial amounts of hardcover to lower the hardcover coverage in the 75*250' setback area. Tlte structural coverage on the lot will increase with the addition from 1.792 square feet to 2.195.55 square feet above the allowed 1.519.2 square feet. Moving the wall eight feet into the residence reduces the existing house by 169 square feel, but the 24’ bv 24’ garage adds 576 square feet to the residence, resulting in a net increase of 407 square feet. Bottenberg noted the hardcover in the 0-75' setback is not changing, with the existing hardcover in this setback being at 6.3 percent. Bonenberg stated the hardcover in the 75-250’ setback area is decreasing from 63.1 percent to 53.1 percent. Bottenberg stated the garage addition to the east side of the residence would be located five feet from the side property line where ten feet is required. The existing garage does meet the side yard setback requirements. The garage addition will be located 8.8 feet from the rear lot line where 3.5 Icct is required, fhe existing garage is located 22 feet and 28 feet from the rear lot line. Tlie entry way addition to the sviuth side of the residence will be located 6 6 feet from the side lot line where 10 feet is required. Hie existing entryway is 6.6 feet from the side lot line. The enclosure of the existing patio to a screen porch will not increase hardcover or structural lot coverage on the lot. It will only