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FROU FAEGRE i BENSON ITUE) 8.15 ’00 15;59/ST.15:5 i - B Date: To: August 15,2000 Orono Planning Commission From: Jim Ginther and Doug Ault Subj'ect:Gravel Parking Variances Shadywood Road (P.I.D. 21 117 23 24 0028) Enclosed: *Copy of survey dated 4/26/00 showing gravel parking area off of County Road 19 On M^h )5,2000 we applied for a variance of an expansion of the gravel parking area that has existed on the property for many years. We expanded the parking area sufficient for one car to one sufficient for two cars. The cuircnf expansion area (approximately 18* by 27’) is two car widths and represents .065% of the total land area of the lot. I A two car wdth parking area is required so as not to have one car blocking the exit of the first if parked end to end and to avoid the need to park on County Road 19. Hardships 1. j Two boat slips have been maintained for, to the best of our knowledge, approximately 20 years. A hardship exists if both owners cannot park on the loL 2. Since 1999 parking restriction on County Highway 19 have been strictly enforced. Priw to 1999 parking was permitted on Highway 19. A hardship exists if the lot is to be used for its intended purpose without adequate parking on the lot. 3. Mainlaming the lawn areas adjacent to the parking areas without appropriate hard sirface parking in a fashion consistent with the quality of the neighborhood creates a hardship Hard surface parking areas prevent erosion of soil and eventual run off into the lake 4. The lot has been owned jointly as tenants in common, to the best of our knowledge,; for over 30 years. Each owner is entitled to a parking space with appropriate ingress and egress. Not having such a space creates a hardship.