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� O� O ,, O CITY of ORONO �. _ - � � '. � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � � :;��":�. �� F No. 6 1 4 6 �k'ESH�4 home will have an attached 2-stall garage located approximately 2 feet below street level. The new home and garage will have a setback of 23.5 feet from the street lot line, not unlike other homes along Long Lake Boulevard due to the steep topography from the street to the lake. While the street setback could be increased by placing more of the garage into the house footprint, the proposed layout creates off-street parking not available to the existing home, and off-street parking is a necessity on Long Lake Boulevard. d. The existing home is only 2 feet from the west side lot line and 17 feet from the east lot line. The proposed home will be centered on the lot, with 10' setbacks on either side. Because the neighboring home to the east sits about 50 feet from the shared lot line, and because drainage from that property generally heads toward the Applicant's site, the impacts of the decreased east side setback are relatively minimal. The 10-foot proposed side setbacks are consistent with those approved for other similarly sized lots in the LR-lA zoning district. e. Approximately 2/3 of the Property is within the 0-75' hardcover zone. Existing 0-75' hardcover is 15.1% of which a majority is existing house and the remainder is concrete sidewalks. The proposed plan reduces the 0-75' hardcover to approximately 14.2% (1,088 s.f.) by replacing the existing concrete sidewalks with a slightly smaller stairway. The proposed level of hardcover is driven by the small size of the lot and the inability to place more of the house nearer the street. f. In the 75-250' zone, hardcover will increase from 15.7%to 35.3% (1,519 s.f.). The increase is a function of a number of factars inherent in the proposed design: 1) Increased house footprint; 2) attachment of a 2-stall garage; 3) addition of driveway to serve the attached garage; and 4) providing an acceptable setback from the street to the house. g. Total proposed hardcover is 2,607 s.f. or 21.8% of the entire Property. Of this amount, 1794 s.f. (exactly 15% of lot area) is in structure and 813 s.f. is in driveway, steps and sidewalk. Minimizing the hardcover while resulting in a functional site for a residence would require reduction of the house footprint as the non-structural hardcover items proposed are necessary to provide adequate access to the residence and to the lakeshore as well as provide adequate off-street parking. Page 3 of 8