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LINDQUIST & \ ENNUM pllp. Orono City Council August 8, 1996 Page 5 storage area on this lot when there is a need for maximum vehicle storage area on the lot due to no parking on Shadywood Road, the public street adjacent to this property. This question arises because the surveys utilized by the previous landowners and the City of Orono for the purpose of calculating hardcover did not draw attention to the length and width of the driveway and parking area on the lot by specifying exact dimensions. There is no change in the length of the driveway from Shadywood Road to the house. See attached the 3/12/91 Sathre-Bergquist site survey with driveway dimensions added. Also see the 3/96 Otten Bros, plan attached. Therefore, the only dimension which is under the microscope at the present time is the width of the driveway and the turnaround area. The Orono standard for parking spaces is 9' x 20' for a full-size car parking space. You do not have an 8* x 18' compact car parking space category. Those parking space requirements are for commercial parking lots which must not only assume the worst in terms of size of cars, but also must leave room for maneuvering into and out of parking spaces. Therefore, one should consider that those parking space dimensions are generous. The maximum width for a care is 7' or 84". Most cars are less than 16’ or 192" long. In the case of the Albrechts' driveway and turnaround area, the City Council has previously found that the driveway and turnaround area is exceptionally large. In fact, it is the hardcover of the driveway and turnaround area, rather than the house, which causes the hardcover on the lot to exceed the ordinance standard. Part of the reason for the large amount of driveway hardcover is the 126’ distance from the road to the house. But that ED01.8SS375 I 1