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- The shape or limited area of a building envelope. “ Unique or mature trees within a building envelope and the desire of an owner to preserve a unique specimen. “ The topography of a building envelope. “ Placement of house in order to minimize impact on adjacent properties. Specifically in cases of corner lots where the rear of the house may be placed adjacent to a side yard of an abutting property.- NOW, THBRBFORB BE IT RBSOLVED, that the City Council of Orono shall allow additional encroachment of a front street yard within the Sugarwoods plat upon satisfaction that one or more of the above site conditions exist for a property and to direct the Orono staff to present the owner's or builder's written request before the Planning Commission at their earliest upcoming meeting (third Monday of the month) and further approves an abbreviated review process whereby the Planning Commission shall assume the sole responsibility of the review and final recommendation regarding these requests with the owner/builder having the right of appeal before the Council of all decisions of the 'Planning Commission. All appeals to the Council shall be place on the Council agendas for the following Monday meeting (fourth Monday of the month). Such written requests must be submitted to the Zoning Administrator 7 days before the official Planning Commission meeting and shall include the following information; 1. Survey/site plan designating drive(s) and type of backout improvement {"Y"s, "T^s, loops, etc.). 2. Amount of hardcover within front -“tback area - these areas to be shown on site plan. 3. Topographic mapping of property if topography is site characteristic under consideration, 4. Location of mature, unique tree specimens. 5. Other unique physical characteristics of property that require special placement on site. Page 2 of 4