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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY 10, 2000 (§5) U2539 JOHN AND BECKISUNDET, 684 TONKA WA ROAD - Contin ued the shoreland areas in Orono. There is an existing, detached garage located near Tonkav'a Road. The house is essentially a one-story rambler style house. The existing house is 1,007 square feet in size. The proposal is to develop the property by adding structure around the existing house. The applicants are proposing to increase the footprint area of the residence to 2,666 square feet, which is an increase in footprint of 1,659 square feet. Weinberger said also proposed is to extend the driveway to add an attached garage to the residence. He said that one of the conditions from the Planning Commission meeting was that staff and the developer work together on some of the drainage issues on the property. There is a serious concern about water running along the driveway, straight down the foundation of the house and into the lakeshore. There are concerns about treatment of the water. Another concern is the water that comes from adjacent properties. There have been several attempts to create an engineering plan that would allow the water to pass through the property with minimal impact on adjacent residences and the development on this property and would also include a filtration system to help treat the surface runoff before it enters 'be lakeshore. He said that long-term maintenance of the system by the property owner is a niain concern. Weinberger said that in addition to the drainage concerns, this proposal requires variances for hardcover on the lot and for additions in the average lakeshore setback. The hardcover in the 75 ’- 250 ’ setback would increase to 5,841 square feet (39.26%), where 5.201 square feet (34.96%) exists, and 3,710.5 square feet (25%) is allowed. The average lakeshore setback would require a variance to allow a 34 ’ encroachment. The proposed development would add one full story over what exists and would be located closer to the lakeshore. The proposal would be a very significant increase in structure and increase in massing along this portion of the lakeshore. This would be a larger home than the adjacent residences. Weinberger said staff recommends denial of this application based on the concerns relating to hardcover, the intent of the average lakeshore setback, and the vision of the Comprehensive Plan as to development around the lakeshore and trying to preserve a natural appearance. The Planning Commission did recommend approval of the plan. John Sundet stated he recognizes the difficulty in developing this property. He said he understands the issues raised by the City staff and he feels he has been responsive to those issues. I le was surprised to see that staff is recommending denial. He said that both of their neighbors support the project. He said they are going to eliminate 300 feet of hardcover from the 0-75 setback and the total project w ill reduce hardcover to 8.300 square feet. In terms of hardship, he feels it is a hardship to park a car 200 feet from the house. He said his wife has rheumatoid arthritis and that's why they want the master bedroom on the main floor of the house. Cory Mishovic, Katherine Taylor Homes, said the house will be taller, but they are not adding another floor. Page 11