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LINDQUIST &VENNUM pllp. <br />Orono City Council <br />August 8, 1996 <br />Page 6 <br />distance has a benefit to Orono in that it creates more off-street parking for the lot such <br />that there is no unsafe condition created on Shadywood Road. You have made <br />Shadywood Road a no-parking zone in this area such that the nearby homeowners must <br />store all their cars and their guests' cars on their own property at all times. <br />When one examines the Albrechts' driveway and turnaround area under a <br />microscope, one finds that the "before" dimensions of the parking lot created 9’-10‘ of <br />width per car, more than the generous full-size car parking requirement Orono requires. <br />The "after" parking lot, with the removal of only 3’ of width, reduces the width per car to <br />9’, but only on a portion of the driveway. This is still plenty of width for cars in a private <br />driveway, particularly when the cars are able to drive straight into the driveway and no <br />turning movements are required, and it meets your parking space requirement. Even in <br />the turnaround area, the width still remains 18' total, or 9’ per car, more than wide <br />enough for cars in a private drivew'ay. In total, the number of cars which can be parked in <br />this driveway and turn-around area "before* the work was done is 15. The number which <br />can be parked in this driveway and parking lot "after" the 255 square feet of hardcover is <br />removed by reducing the width of the driveway is still 15 cars. Therefore, as a matter of <br />substance, there is no reduction in the safety of this property because there has been no <br />reduction in the car parking spaces on the property. <br />So where do we go from here? I understand the vexation that this application <br />causes the City Council. I think it is justified from your point of view. Your point of view <br />ED01;m37S I <br />■ <br />1