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residential in character (50-100' lot widths typically). With so many existing lots platted decades ago at very small sizes, and the value of lakeshore skyrocketing, the tendency is for such lots to become highly <br />burdened with impervious surfaces. It follows that limiting urban <br />runoff in Orono must be accomplished by providing the greatest <br />opportunity for filtration or removal of pollutants in the residential <br />areas of the City. Most residential lots abutting or near the lake are in <br />individual ownership and already developed, and most drain directly <br />to the lake, hence neighborhood water quality ponding areas are not <br />always practical. Therefore, implementacion of ordinances to <br />accomplish filtration and pollutant removal are most feasible only on <br />a lot-by-lot basis. <br />For the above reasons, Orono has chosen to place a hardcover limit on <br />individual lots in order to achieve a City-wide goal. Because the code <br />contains no 'sunset provision' (i.e. no amortization period after which <br />all properties must conform), achievement of such a goal will require <br />that in^vidual properties be brought into (or closer to) conformity, one <br />at a time, over many years cr decades.