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permit and <br />as proposed <br />iving findings: <br />the <br />o construction <br />y ■ <br />'-f. <br />' <br />'■ -!-:w <br />wn <br />*■ * a <br />■ • 'y-im <br />Ik,. <br />p- <br />J'.’S*- <br />ii <br />;w <br />M <br />EXPLAIN YOUR REQUEST AND REASONS FOR THE SAME; <br />I am requesting permission to allow me to keep the retaining walls I have con­ <br />structed on the east edge of my property, adjacent to my garage and porch. I <br />built these retaining walls to accomplish two basic goals. The first goal was <br />to level out an area which was previously sloped from the edge of my driveway <br />towards the lake. I wanted this area flat for appearance's sake, as well as <br />to enable me to better use it. The second reason I built f walls was to <br />help eliminate a drainage problem which was occurring both to the east and <br />south (lakeside) of the area that I have terraced. Neither grass nor other <br />vegetation, other than weeds, would grow in this area because of the almost <br />totally shaded condition that exists there. Because of this and the steepness, <br />both to the east and south, the water running from the street and onto my <br />driveway and down this area was washing the soil away and towards and into the <br />; lake. The building of the retaining wall has eliminated this runoff almost <br />totally. <br />CONDITIONAL USE AND OTHER; <br />I use the area adjacent to my garage for both a walkway to my yard on the <br />lake side of the house and as an area for keeping my two boat trailers. In <br />the winter months, I keep a boat on one of the trailers and leave it parked <br />there and I store the other trailer empty there. I also intend to use the <br />terraced level furthest east and south for planting shrubbery which will sur­ <br />vive in the heavily shaded conditions that exist there. I do not intend to <br />change the use of the area with these walls, except that I will be able to <br />prevent or control the runoff to such an extent that the soil from the area <br />adjacent to my garage and porch will no longer end up in the lake. <br />As I have explained in my correspondence with the City of Orono, I did not know <br />I needed a permit to build the retaining walls that I have built. I tried to <br />build the retaining walls in such a manner that they would be unobjectionable to <br />both my neighbors to the east, as well as my neighbors who use "Ivy Lane" as a <br />lake access. The retaining walls do not obstruct anybody's use of Ivy Lane, nor <br />do they contribute to or increase any erosion problem to Ivy Lane or my property <br />in general. <br />#758