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^yI- r ■r-. ■v'J'; ^l''‘ t. i ,T.r:,-* ft l:i %: i-:-‘ #■ r::- ^^a•^:.ft- ft ^• ft/ ft fv i(-f . y 'ft'. •r ■-vl ’.*-•• ■■ [f:v ■Jft i!m ft/- jfet.- Friday, July 26, 1991 Re: Variance Request To City of Orono: Variance Request We are requesting a variance from the required street setback to build a detached, double-stall garage next to our house. The location we have chosen would place a portion of the garage closer to the road than the front of our house. Since this would violate the required street setback we are asking for this variance. Reasons for the Request We purchased our home at 2801 Fox Street in Orono on September 28, 1990 from the original owner/builder. As shown on the attached survey of our lot (see the attached certified survey dated July 12, 1991), our house is set about as far back on the lot as possible. The building setback on the back (south side) of our lot is 50 feet and the closest point of the back part of our house is 64.6 feet from the lot line. The house is also placed at an unusual angle to Fox Street making the closest point of the front of the house to the road to be 116.6 feet (see survey). If the proposed garage were to be placed behind the street setback line it would cause undue hardship. The proposed garage must be placed on the existing driveway in the southwest part of the lot. To place the proposed garage behind the street setback line would destroy much of the natural foliage that shields the back of our house from the adjacent lots (see the photographs of Figures 1-6). To place the garage at the south end of the driveway would require the removal of a large black walnut tree. The proposed location has the minimum impact on the natural vegetation. It would require the removal of some sumac brush and two small elm trees that appear to be dying. With the garage built at the proposed location, the garage will still remain at least 100 feet frc"' Fox Street. As can be seen from the attached photos (see Fig-^es X and 2), the summertime foliage around the garage location will shield most of the proposed garage from the road. The foliage along the road already shields most of our house and lot. Our plan is to preserve as much tree and foliage around the proposed garage as possible so that only the brick front is visible from the driveway. m i 4 .