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LINDQUIST & VENNUM pllp. <br />Orono City Council <br />June 28, 1996 <br />Page 3 <br />therefore, that there should be no further variance which would make the existing <br />nonconformity larger. <br />I emphasize that the logical sense of the 1991 statement is that more variances <br />which would incr^*ase the nonconformity of the property by allowing there to be more <br />hardcover should not be granted. In this case, the Albrechts propose to reduce the <br />nonconformity by reducing the amow'nt of hardcover by 205 square feet. Therefore, while <br />a variance is necessary because work is being done in the 75 ’-250’ zone, the work being <br />requested will have the net end result of reducing the nonconformity of the property by <br />reducing the hardcover on the property and bringing the property more into conformance <br />with Orono's ordinances. I respectfully submit that the inteiit shown in the 1991 minutes <br />is not being subverted. <br />Finally, the Albrechts' letter to the Planning Commission dated June 10, 1996 <br />supplies affirmative reasons why, as new residents of Orono, they would like to rearrange <br />their property ever so slightly, but with the net effect to Orono of decreasing the hardcover <br />by 205 square feet. Those reasons relate to the fact that they are a young family with two <br />young children. The way the house sits on the lot, there really is not a good, safe place for <br />the children to play in the lakeside yard and be seen from the living room and/or kitchen <br />of the house. The existing deck is simply too small for the Albrechts and their two <br />children. The situation is personal to them and yet if they are allowed to decrease the <br />roadside hardcover and increase the lakeside hardcover, but outside the 0’-75 ‘ zone, then <br />EDO I 883083 I <br />I