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1 <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Mooday, July 16,2001 <br />Doug Mcrz. 380 Tumhom Road, stated he is the neighbor to the north and confirmed that the <br />Commissioners had a copy of his letter indicating his concerns. He added the Menges have been <br />great neighbors and this is a difficult siniation. He commented that one of the reasons they moved to <br />Orono was because of the open space. The proposed project brings the garage very close to his <br />property line and is not ty pical of other development in the neighborhood. He has also consulted <br />with realtors and has been advised the project could have a negative impact on his property value. <br />He has suggested to the Menges that a I '/; stall garage would be acceptable. Hawn confirmed that <br />the garage is the only part of the proposed improvements that Merz finds objectionable. Merz stated <br />that their bedroom would be in close proximity to the proposed garage. Stoddard asked what the <br />distance would be. Berg responded it would be appro.ximately 3T. <br />John DIumentritt and Craig Johnson, architects for the project, presented a computerized <br />demonstration of the proposal. The demonstration presented the location of the e.xisting house and <br />the neighbor ’s home, conversion of the existing one-car garage to living space, trees and shrubs on <br />the property. 4S0 s.f. of additional living space, aivd a two-car garage addition. <br />DIumentritt explained that he had been working with Menges on a plan that would address the garage <br />addition and pro.ximity to the neighbor. The face of the neighbor ’s house is 6’ closer to the road than <br />the Menges. with on additional 6’ of entryway. With the footprint of the e.xisting home at 24* .\ 24*. <br />they looked at various ways to increase space. By angling the garage, an area was created that would <br />facilitate maintenance equipment in the garage. They also looked at placing the garage so it would <br />face the neighbor to the north. This would have minimized the distance of the garage to the <br />neighbor, but places the driveway along the property line. Slope conditions would also require fill <br />and retaining walls. An angled garage would change the view of the addition for the neighbor to a <br />point of the garage rather than the whole face, minimizing privacy issues. The angled garage also <br />minimizes the amount of driveway and grading required. <br />DIumentritt also commented on the possibility of another bedroom in the basement. He <br />recommended against this idea, noting that a master bedroom addition was being considered for <br />some future time as a second floor. Under the garage, a studio area is planned to be used for <br />PAGES