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M$. JesBos Mabusth, City of Orono P^2 >./I / --.^1 As ncKed by Orono building officials, side setbacks of 30 feet (2-SKre category) are fiurly unrctiistic for 100-foot-wide lots. A hardship is created by the configuration of the lot in that it quite long (± 500 feet) and narrow (100 feet) and all of the homes are oriented on a bias tc the side property lines to generally parallel the lakeshore. Almost ev'ery hon.c 'a this neighbofiiood has expanded over the years and arc much closer to the side propertv' Ih^es titan the current 30 fo*3t rcstrirfion. We are extremely desirous of an attached garage due to: 1. Security reasons, especially for situations when a person comes home alone at night. 2. Extreme inconvenience during Minnesota winters with a detached garage which is a sienificant distant from the residence. 3. The existing garage is too small and was damaged by a tornado at one time and is in need of repair. The bedroom/garage addition is proposed on the northwest end of tne home as opposed to the southwest to minimize hardcover in the “75-200 foot zone.*’ This happens to be where the existing drain field is located. Since the Bay Ridge neighborhooc has . oted unanimously to petition for city sewer. I’m assumin' municipal sewer will occur in the relative near future and we will wait for this building addition until sewer is in place, which will hopefully be before the end of 1996. The existing garage and driveway w-ill be removed. The existing garage is just two feet from the south property line! The garage/bedroom addition will be shielded from the Johnson property to the north by large, existing pine trees. The neighbor to the south (Kerber) will be delighted to have the detached garage removed, which is very close to his property’. As I understand the regulations, I could build a double or triple detached garage structure with a 10 foot side setback. This would clearly be more objectionable to all my neighbors than my proposed plan. The additions will be no higher than the e.xisting structure and will be tastefully designed, utilizing the same materials, i.e. brick on the bedroom/garage addition. The sun room will be constructed utilizing insulated glass units possessing a high insulating value. It is our plan to take t’ . bedroom area of the existing home, which consists of three very small ’ drooms and two .iall bathrooms, and make this into a single master suite and master bath. With the addition of the guest bedroom and bath, this will result in the home having two bedrooms and two bathrooms (.as opposed to three bedrooms and two bathrooms now), with the possibility of adding a third bathroom in the basement.