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v:• � <br /> ` � O� <br /> o � <br /> � ��b� - :, � CITY of �RONO <br /> ti <br /> '� G~ RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> ��kESH�4� N0. �� � O � <br /> A RESOLUTION <br /> ESTABLISHING POLICY <br /> REGARDING THE HARDCOVER STATUS <br /> OF PLASTTC AND FABRIC LANDSCAPING MATERTALS <br /> AND DEFINING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN <br /> STRUCTUI2AL AND NON-STRUCT'URAL HARDCOVER <br /> WI�REAS,the City of Orono since 1975 has regulated dle use and placement of hardcover <br /> on land within 1000 feet of lake sharelines; and <br /> WHEI2EAS, City Ordinances define hardcover as "Any structure, blacktop, or other <br /> material which interferes to any degree with the direct absorption of rainfall into the ground"; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Ordinances placing limitations on the use of hardcover divide the <br /> 1000-foot regulatory zone into four tiered "hardcover zones" which are conunonly referred to as <br /> "the 0-75' zone", "the 75-250'zone", "the 250-500' zone", and "the 500-1000' zone"; and said zones <br /> are respectively allowed 0% hardcover, 25% hardcnver, 30%hardcover, and 3S% hardcover; and <br /> WHEREAS,,the City Council has long considered that plastic sheeting and weed control <br /> fabrics (hereinafter referred to as'plastic or fabric') shall be considered as hardcover for the purpose <br /> of administering the hardcover ordinances, regardless of the extent to wluch such materials aze <br /> actually penneable; and <br /> Wfi�R�EAS,the City has never issued pernlits for placeinent of plastic or fabric on private <br /> or public property, and all such material where it cunently exists in excess of the allowed hardcover <br /> percentages on any given property, is considered as non-conformin�; and <br /> �'�'HEYtEEAS, the City is continuously faced with requests for variances to the hardcover <br /> ordinances wherein applicants are required to provide calculations identifying the various types and <br /> square footages of hardcover within a property; and <br /> WHEF�A.S, hardcover variance requests are commonly reviewed by the City with the <br /> underlying intent that the percentage of hardcover be reduced from the pre-existing condztion; and <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />