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4r 22^ I <br />■Kul^ •tLiii'f-" <br />May 17, 1997 <br />To:Mayor of Orono <br />City Council Members <br />Planning Commission Members <br />From Mary and Bradley Bowman <br />1165 West Femdale Road <br />We welcome our new neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Costley, at 1185 West Femdale <br />Road. They have kindly given us an opportunity to review their proposed remodeling <br />plans which are on the agenda for your review. <br />From our perspective, we have no objections to the addition of an exercise room on tlie <br />lake side of the existing home. Though it will slightly impact our views, we feel it would <br />be a nice amenity for them. Our concern is the proposed new garage. Though it seems a <br />side setback variance has not been requested, it is our understanding that the current <br />zoning requires that any new structure or addition must be within 30 feet of the side yard <br />property line unless a hardship can be proven. The plans we have seen show a distance <br />of only 19 feet between the new garage and the side property line. We strongly believe <br />that it is important to maintain the appropriate distances between the homes along the <br />lake in our area. A third garage would again be a nice amenity but we fail to see how a <br />hardship exists. The owners of a new home recently completed just a few doors away <br />were required to conform to the appropriate setbacks. Therefore, we would like to go on <br />record as objecting to the granting of such a significant variance