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FROM FAEGRE it BENSON (TUE) 8.15’00 15:59/ST. 15:59/NO. 4862053749 P 2 <br />A <br />Date: <br />To: <br />August 15,2000 <br />Orono Planning Commission <br />From:Jim Ointher and Doug Ault <br />Subject:.Gravel Parking Variances <br />Shadywood Road (P.I.D. 21 117 23 24 0028) <br />Enclosed: Copy of survey dated 4/26/00 showing gravel parking area off of County <br />Road 19 <br />On March 15,2000 we applied for a variance of an expansion of the gravel parking area that <br />has existed on ttie property for many years. We expanded the parking area sufficient for one <br />car to one sufficient for two cars. <br />The current expansion area (approximately 18 ’ by 27 ’) is two car widths and represents <br />.065% of the total land area of the lot. <br />A two car width parking area is required so as not to have one car blocking the exit of the <br />first if parked end to end and to avoid the need to paric on County Road 19. <br />Hardships <br />1. j Two boat slips have been maintained for, to the best of our knowledge, <br />approximately 20 years. A hardship exists if both owners caimot park on the lot <br />2. Since 1999 parking restriction on County Highway 19 have been strictly <br />enforced. Prior to 1999 parking was permitted on Highway 19. A hardship exists if the lot is <br />to be used for its intended purpose without adequate parking on the lot <br />3. Maintaining the lawn areas adjacent to the parking areas ^thout iqipropriate <br />hard surface parking in a fashion consistent with the quality of the neighborhood creates a <br />hardship. Hard surface parking areas prevent erosion of soil and eventual run off into the <br />lake <br />4. The lot has been ownedjointly as tenants in common, to the best of our <br />knowledge, for over 30 years. Each owner is entitled to a parking ^ce with appropriate <br />ingress and egress. Not having such a space creates a hardship. <br />MlsiS3347.0t