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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />8758 NO. ______ _ <br />B. Applicant further proposes to reconstruct and construct a new roof over <br />the existing garage and proposed addition, such new roof being steeper <br />in pitch than the existing roof, and portions of it constituting new <br />structure in locations not meeting the required setbacks from the street <br />and side property boundaries. <br />C. The existing garage doors open toward the street, making the existing <br />garage nonconforming because a garage with doors facing the street is <br />required by code to be setback 30' from the street lot line. <br />D. It would be inappropriate to construct the magnitude of additions <br />proposed while continuing the direct access to the street (Casco Circle), <br />which currently forces parking to occur within the street right-of-way <br />where such parking is generally discouraged or disallowed by Municipal <br />Zoning Code Sections 8.20 and 10.61, Subdivisions 4 and 5. <br />E. Applicant has agreed to eliminate the garage stall doors facing the street <br />and has agreed to place such doors on the east side of the <br />existing/proposed garage structure, and to develop a driveway apron <br />within the property boundaries to accommodate maneuvering and parking <br />outside of the right-of-way. <br />F. The proposed addition located as near as 7.4' from the side lot line will <br />have no significant impact on neighboring property or on the <br />neighborhood. Raising the pitch of the roof over the existing/proposed <br />garage located only 0.2' from the street lot line and as near as 4.4' from <br />the side lot line, will have no negative impact on the neighboring <br />property owner or the neighborhood, since there are other similarly <br />situated detached garages in the neighborhood. <br />G. Planning Commission finds that the reconfiguration of the garage stalls <br />to enter the east side of the garage, and the concurrent construction of a <br />new driveway/parking area to the east of the garage structure, will have <br />minimal hardcover impact and will not cause a nonconforming hardcover <br />problem, but will result in hardcover in the 75-250' zone at a level less <br />than 20%, where 25% hardcover would be allowable. <br />Page 2 of 7