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daylight to the family within the home to improve mental health and connection to <br />nature. <br /> <br />C.) the variance will not alter the essential character of the locality. The views from <br />Maxwell Bay, Stubbs Bay, the Channel, and neighboring homes will be in harmony <br />with the existing views; and the general aesthetic improvements to the home and site <br />are of a similar mid-century modern aesthetic. The increase in height of the roof is no <br />more than 17” taller than the highest point of the existing roof; and the anchoring <br />visual element of the existing chimney (the highest point of the existing home will <br />remain and be restored with a new cap. <br /> <br />4. The Owner and project team’s goals of maintaining the existing house footprint with <br />limited alterations to the footprint of the house has its cost-saving advantages <br />compared to proposing to demolish and rebuild the home in a reasonable manner for <br />the site. However, the hypothetical challenges of demo and rebuilding on the site in <br />a reasonable manner offer the same (or even more) practical difficulties concerning <br />the nature of the site and the limited area outside of the setback. Renovation offers <br />the principal of maintaining the aesthetic and experiential views for those looking in <br />on the lot and those living on it. Preserving the general character of the lot and <br />house - while potentially improving shoreline health by eliminating hardscape within <br />the setback – among others - are more noteworthy than the economic advantages. <br />5. Access to sunlight and solar energy is not a goal of the site and home renovation. <br />6. The use of the home and site do not conflict with any Chapter 78 zoning regulations <br />– including sections 1367, 1368,1369, nor 1370 <br />7. The home is a single family dwelling. There is no intention of the home being a two- <br />family dwelling. <br />8. The nature of the peninsula lot, the minimal available land outside of the setback, <br />and the existing house footprint are combined variables that offer peculiar <br />challenges for even modest alterations to the house footprint, and for reductions of <br />hardscape within the setback. <br />9. The nature of peninsula lots in Orono offer similar challenges on lots where two <br />shorelines flanking an existing home are as little as 175 feet apart – offering as <br />narrow of a 22 foot strip of buildable land without Variance approval. <br />10. The Owner and project team’s proposed design serves to offer reasonable solutions <br />to the practical difficulties while accommodating the Owners property rights. <br />11. The proposed design – where constructed and completed – will not in any way impair <br />the health of the community. In fact, it offers the Owner and visitors to the owner <br />more accessible and safe access to the home (via the new driveway and walkway, <br />and the improved access from the garage to the north shore and dock). The design <br />does not disrupt the safety of the community in anyway; and for the owner and <br />visitors of the lot. The aesthetic of the proposed design aims to be comfortable on <br />151