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2. Variance for Storage Building; 4i^ O O O] ^7T /O O O Conley Brooks, Jr, proposes to remove the old garage on Parcel H (required as a condition to the approval of Orono Application No. 2269), and to replace it with a new storage building. Exhibit B4 attached is a survey of the property depicting the current location of the existing garage and the proposed location of the new storage building. Exhibit B5 attached is a copy of the proposed plans for the new storage building. The current garage on the site encroaches by a few feet on the West Femdale Road 33* easement from the center line. The proposed structure would be sited so as to be outside the road easement. Other variances are requested as necessary to position this structure on the site. It is requested that consideration of these variances take into account the beneficial effect of the removal of the former Skarp house across the street and the general cleaning up of a very sub standard lot situation. Conley Brooks, Jr.’s need for this structure arises for at least two reasons, which represent hardships for purposes of this application. First, the house at 980 West Femdale Road has no storage space for such items as lawn furniture, utility trailers, lawn mowers, snow blowers, bicycles, and all the other paraphernalia which one accumulates and has to store (particularly on a seasonal basis). Even including the parcels prospectively combined into 980 West Femdale as a result of this application, there are few, if any, places where such a storage structure could be sited, since the property is mostly marsh or Avithin the 0-75* zone from the shoreline of the lake. The house at 980 West Femdale has a 3-car garage, but there is little room for anything but cars. Secondly, in addition to the storage deficiencies at the 980 West Femdale house site, there is no place to keep items related to the waterfront portion of the property (such things as spare life jackets, ropes, gas cans, water sports equipment, etc.). The proposed structure would allow for relatively convenient storage of such items, servicing the lakeshore portion of the property across the street. Since most of the lakeside land is within the 0-75' zone, the best site for such a structure is across Femdale Road, away from the lake. There has been a garage structure on the proposed site for probably in excess of 50-60 years and that structure has never caused a problem for the road or the neighbors. The proposed £801:921813 2